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House recorded vote (30th Congress) · August 10, 1848
H.R. 298

Recorded vote

TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WHICH AMENDMENT APPROPRIATES $30,000 FOR CONTINUANCE OF SURVEYS, ETC., IN OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

Bill actionBudget & spending
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The question

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

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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 H.R. 298

July 18, 1848 · TO CONCUR AS IN COMM. OF THE WHOLE IN THE BIL… · 110–52 July 18, 1848 · TO CONCUR WITH COMM. OF THE WHOLE ON AMENDMEN… · 72–98 July 18, 1848 · TO CONCUR AS IN COMM. OF THE WHOLE IN THE AME… · 91–81 July 18, 1848 · TO CONCUR, AS IN COMM. OF THE WHOLE, IN THE A… · 89–88 July 18, 1848 · TO CONCUR, AS IN COMM. OF THE WHOLE, IN THE A… · 88–71 July 18, 1848 · TO AMEND AS IN COMM. OF THE WHOLE, H.R. 298, … · 85–84 July 20, 1848 · TO TABLE RECONSIDERATION OF VOTE RETAINING A … · 94–92 July 20, 1848 · TO PASS H.R. 298. · 78–100 July 20, 1848 · TO TABLE RECONSIDERATION OF PASSAGE OF H.R. 2… · 22–152 July 22, 1848 · TO TABLE RECONSIDERATION OF ENGROSSMENT OF H.… · 99–88 July 22, 1848 · TO PASS H.R. 298. · 108–78 July 31, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 (APP. 8/12/1848), MAKING AP… · 38–12 August 1, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 (APP. 8/12/1848) APPROPRIAT… · 17–33 August 2, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 (APP. 8/12/1848), MAKING AP… · 24–24 August 2, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISO … · 23–21 August 2, 1848 · UPON RECONSIDERATION, TO AMEND H.R. 298, BY E… · 19–30 August 2, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 (APP. 8/12/1848) BY ALLOWIN… · 17–27 August 3, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY LIMITING REMOVAL OF OBST… · 18–31 August 3, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298, BY ELIMINATING THE CLAUSE … · 35–15 August 3, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298, WHICH AMENDMENT APPROPRIAT… · 24–21 August 4, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298, BY PAYING $149,050.91 TO T… · 23–19 August 4, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY ELIMINATING THE STIPULAT… · 34–11 August 4, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING $90,000 FO… · 38–8 August 4, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING $4,497.27 … · 9–32 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING $20,000 TO… · 25–20 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY ELIMINATING THE CLAUSE W… · 25–15 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING $4,000 FOR… · 7–30 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING FOR COMPEN… · 15–23 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATION … · 24–22 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROPR… · 28–13 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY APPROPRIATING $30,000 FO… · 18–16 August 5, 1848 · TO AMEND H.R. 298 BY ADDING, FOR COMPENSATION… · 15–19 August 10, 1848 · TO ACCEPT SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298 WHICH … · 98–67 August 10, 1848 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WH… · 82–95 August 10, 1848 · TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WHI… · 95–92 August 10, 1848 · TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298 WHIC… · 102–75 August 10, 1848 · TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298; WHI… · 63–109 August 10, 1848 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WH… · 91–84 August 10, 1848 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WH… · 78–71 August 10, 1848 · TO AGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 298, WHI… · 96–71 August 10, 1848 · TO REFER S. 331, A BILL GRANTING RIGHT OF WAY… · 65–90 August 12, 1848 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AGREEMENT TO THE REPORT O… · 102–73
The map

How each state's members voted

In 3 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 14 every one voted no; 13 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 3 yes, 25 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 4 no, 5 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 3 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 13 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 13 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 4 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 5 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 3 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. 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.

Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

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

Vermont 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 229 members

Select any member to pull their file.