The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSPEND RULES IN ORDER TO TAKE UP H.R. 260.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's members voted
In 12 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 14 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: no member on this roll call
- Illinois: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 3 yes, 0 no
- New York: 8 yes, 11 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: no member on this roll call
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 7 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 12 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: no member on this roll call
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 6 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 6 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 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.
Alabama 6 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Arnold Rockwell (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Whig) — NAY
- Truman Smith (Whig) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Indiana 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — NAY
- Charles William Cathcart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elisha Embree (Whig) — NAY
- George Grundy Dunn (Whig) — NAY
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Pettit (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat) — YEA
- William Rockhill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Watson Wick (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 4 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Aylette Buckner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Slaughter Morehead (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Green Adams (Whig) — NAY
- John Burton Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Pollard Gaines (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard French (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Oldham Peyton (Democrat) — YEA
- William Garnett Duncan (Whig) — NAY
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Emile la Sére (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Harmanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Abbott (Whig) — NAY
- Artemas Hale (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — NAY
- Daniel Putnam King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Ashmun (Whig) — NAY
- Horace Mann (Whig) — NAY
- John Gorham Palfrey (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Grinnell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Rockwell (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Dixon Roman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Grant Chapman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Woodland Crisfield (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Watkins Ligon (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Asa William Henry Clapp (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Hammons (Democrat) — YEA
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — YEA
- Franklin Clark (Democrat) — YEA
- Hezekiah Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- Hiram Belcher (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Sullivan Wiley (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 3 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- James Butler Bowlin (Democrat) — YEA
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Jameson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 4 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig) — NAY
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Outlaw (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — YEA
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Boyden (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Spaight Donnell (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — YEA
- James Hutchins Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Wilson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Dudley Sanford Gregory (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Giles Hampton (Whig) — NAY
- John van Dyke (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph E. Edsall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Newell (Whig) — NAY
New York 8 yes, 11 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Ausburn Birdsall (Democrat) — YEA
- Cornelius Warren (Whig) — NAY
- Daniel Bennett St. John (Whig) — NAY
- Daniel Gott (Whig) — NAY
- David Rumsey (Whig) — NAY
- Dudley Marvin (Whig) — NAY
- Eliakim Sherrill (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Elias Bellows Holmes (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick William Lord (Democrat) — YEA
- George Anson Starkweather (Democrat) — YEA
- George Petrie (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Gideon Reynolds (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Harmon Sweatland Conger (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Harvey Putnam (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Nicoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Hugh White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John I. Slingerland (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Mullin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Kelsey Hall (Whig) — NAY
- Orlando Kellogg (Whig) — NAY
- Peter Henry Silvester (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Lawson Rose (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Lawrence (Democrat) — YEA
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — YEA
- Washington Hunt (Whig) — NAY
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — YEA
- William Collins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Duer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Nelson (Whig) — NAY
- William Thomas Lawrence (Whig) — NAY
Ohio 6 yes, 7 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Duncan (Whig) — NAY
- David Fisher (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Fries (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James John Faran (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Crowell (Whig) — NAY
- John D. Cummins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Krepps Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — NAY
- Jonathan David Morris (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Mosley Root (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Evans (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Sprigg Canby (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Rodolphus Dickinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Lahm (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Owen Edwards (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ritchey (Democrat) — YEA
- William Kennon Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Sawyer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 6 yes, 12 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — NAY
- Alexander Irvin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Chester Pierce Butler (Whig) — NAY
- David Wilmot (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Nicholas Eckert (Whig) — NAY
- Henry Nes (Whig) — NAY
- James Pollock (Whig) — YEA
- James Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- Jasper Ewing Brady (Whig) — NAY
- Job Mann (Democrat) — YEA
- John Blanchard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Dickey (Whig) — NAY
- John Freedley (Whig) — NAY
- John Strohm (Whig) — NAY
- John Wilson Farrelly (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — NAY
- Lewis Charles Levin (American) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Hampton (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democrat) — YEA
- William Strong (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Democrat) — YEA
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Hugh Lawson White Hill (Democrat) — YEA
- James Houston Thomas (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hervey Crozier (Whig) — YEA
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Democrat) — YEA
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- Washington Barrow (Whig) — NAY
- William Michael Cocke (Whig) — NAY
- William T. Haskell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Spangler Kaufman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Pilsbury (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 6 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Steele Fulton (Whig) — YEA
- Archibald Atkinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bedinger (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James McDowell (Democrat) — YEA
- John Minor Botts (Whig) — NAY
- John Strother Pendleton (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Augustine Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ballard Preston (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Gay Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Perkins Marsh (Whig) — NAY
- Jacob Collamer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Lucius Benedict Peck (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mason Cook Darling (Democrat) — YEA
- William Pitt Lynde (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 229 members
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