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Senate recorded vote (29th Congress) · June 11, 1846
S. 185

Recorded vote

TO AGREE, UPON RECONSIDERATION OF THE VOTE REJECTING SAME, TO THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 185, WHICH AMENDMENT AUTHORIZES THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MAJOR GENERAL INSTEAD OF TWO, AND TWO BRIGADIER GENERALS INSTEAD O…

Bill action
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 185

June 4, 1846 · TO AMEND S. 185, (29-9 STAT. 17, JUNE 18, 184… · 106–65 June 4, 1846 · TO AMEND S. 185, BY LIMITING THE NUMBER OF NE… · 108–68 June 4, 1846 · TO AMEND S. 185 BY PROVIDING THAT WHEN THE WA… · 92–86 June 4, 1846 · TO AMEND S. 185 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION TO TH… · 103–70 June 4, 1846 · TO AMEND S. 185 BY ADDING SECTION 15 TO THE E… · 87–79 June 4, 1846 · TO PASS S. 185. · 119–52 June 10, 1846 · TO AGREE TO THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 185 (9 … · 26–22 June 11, 1846 · TO AMEND THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 185, BY WI… · 20–31 June 11, 1846 · TO CONCUR IN HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 185, WHICH… · 12–39 June 12, 1846 · TO RECEDE FROM ITS DISAGREEMENT WITH THE SENA… · 82–93 June 12, 1846 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO A SENATE AMEND… · 76–91 June 17, 1846 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW FURTHER CONSIDERAT… · 26–28 June 17, 1846 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 185 (9 ST… · 32–19
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 7 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: no member on this roll call
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: no member on this roll call
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 1 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 1 yes, 1 no

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

Ohio 1 yes, 1 no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 56 members

Select any member to pull their file.