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House recorded vote (30th Congress) · January 26, 1848

Recorded vote

TO ORDER A CALL OF THE HOUSE DURING DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION TO TERMINATE DEBATE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AT 2 P.M.

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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.

03
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 map

How each state's members voted

In 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 20 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: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 3 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 7 yes, 23 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 8 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 9 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 15 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 3 yes, 6 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 3 yes, 6 no
  42. South Carolina: 6 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 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 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

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

Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 228 members

Select any member to pull their file.