The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT COMM. ON PRINTING SIT DURING RECESS OF CONGRESS IN ORDER TO PROCURE PRINTING FOR CONGRESS.
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 5 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 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: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 8 yes, 6 no, 18 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 9 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 2 no, 15 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 3 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 4 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, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 2 yes, 4 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 2 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Democrat) — NAY
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Washington Hilliard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gayle (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Williams Inge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Arnold Rockwell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Truman Smith (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Iverson Sr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Howell Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Lumpkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John William Jones (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Butler King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Shepherd Leffler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Lincoln (Whig) — YEA
- John Alexander McClernand (Democrat) — NAY
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Smith (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Johnston Turner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 2 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Blood Smith (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles William Cathcart (Democrat) — YEA
- Elisha Embree (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Grundy Dunn (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Pettit (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat) — YEA
- William Rockhill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Watson Wick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 3 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Aylette Buckner (Whig) — YEA
- Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Slaughter Morehead (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Green Adams (Whig) — YEA
- John Burton Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Pollard Gaines (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard French (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Oldham Peyton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Garnett Duncan (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Emile la Sére (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Harmanson (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Abbott (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Artemas Hale (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hudson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Putnam King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Ashmun (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Mann (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gorham Palfrey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Grinnell (Whig) — YEA
- Julius Rockwell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — YEA
- James Dixon Roman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Grant Chapman (Whig) — YEA
- John Woodland Crisfield (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Watkins Ligon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Asa William Henry Clapp (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Hammons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Franklin Clark (Democrat) — YEA
- Hezekiah Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Belcher (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Sullivan Wiley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kinsley Scott Bingham (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert McClelland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Butler Bowlin (Democrat) — NAY
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — NAY
- John Jameson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Watson Tompkins (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Winfield Scott Featherston (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 1 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Outlaw (Whig) — NAY
- James Iver McKay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Nathaniel Boyden (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Spaight Donnell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — NAY
- James Hutchins Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Wilson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Dudley Sanford Gregory (Whig) — YEA
- James Giles Hampton (Whig) — YEA
- John van Dyke (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph E. Edsall (Democrat) — NAY
- William Augustus Newell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New York 8 yes, 6 no, 18 did not vote yes or no
- Ausburn Birdsall (Democrat) — NAY
- Cornelius Warren (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Bennett St. John (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Gott (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Rumsey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Dudley Marvin (Whig) — YEA
- Eliakim Sherrill (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Elias Bellows Holmes (Whig) — YEA
- Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick William Lord (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Anson Starkweather (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Petrie (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- Gideon Reynolds (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Harmon Sweatland Conger (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Harvey Putnam (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Nicoll (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hugh White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John I. Slingerland (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Mullin (Whig) — YEA
- Nathan Kelsey Hall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Orlando Kellogg (Whig) — YEA
- Peter Henry Silvester (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Lawson Rose (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Lawrence (Democrat) — NAY
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Washington Hunt (Whig) — YEA
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Collins (Democrat) — NAY
- William Duer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Nelson (Whig) — YEA
- William Thomas Lawrence (Whig) — YEA
Ohio 4 yes, 2 no, 15 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- David Fisher (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Fries (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James John Faran (Democrat) — YEA
- John Crowell (Whig) — YEA
- John D. Cummins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Krepps Miller (Democrat) — NAY
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan David Morris (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Mosley Root (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Evans (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Sprigg Canby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Rodolphus Dickinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Lahm (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Owen Edwards (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Ritchey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Kennon Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Sawyer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 10 yes, 3 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig) — YEA
- Alexander Irvin (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Stewart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Chester Pierce Butler (Whig) — YEA
- David Wilmot (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Nicholas Eckert (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Nes (Whig) — NAY
- James Pollock (Whig) — YEA
- James Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jasper Ewing Brady (Whig) — YEA
- Job Mann (Democrat) — NAY
- John Blanchard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Dickey (Whig) — YEA
- John Freedley (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Strohm (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wilson Farrelly (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig) — YEA
- Lewis Charles Levin (American) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Hampton (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Strong (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Bennie Cranston (Whig) — YEA
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 2 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Hugh Lawson White Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Houston Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hervey Crozier (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Washington Barrow (Whig) — YEA
- William Michael Cocke (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William T. Haskell (Whig) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 2 yes, 4 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Steele Fulton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Archibald Atkinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Bedinger (Democrat) — YEA
- James McDowell (Democrat) — NAY
- John Minor Botts (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Strother Pendleton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustine Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ballard Preston (Whig) — YEA
- William Gay Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Leftwich Goggin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Perkins Marsh (Whig) — YEA
- Jacob Collamer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Lucius Benedict Peck (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mason Cook Darling (Democrat) — NAY
- William Pitt Lynde (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 229 members
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