The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO POSTPONE INDEFINITELY CONSIDERATION OF S. 80, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RELIEF OF CAPTAIN JESSE D. ELLIOT'S LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES. (P. 626-2)
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)
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 4 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Milton Niles (Democrat) — NAY
- Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Middleton Clayton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Spruance (Whig) — YEA
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Levy Yulee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Diament Westcott Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Wallace Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Sidney Breese (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Johnson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Webster (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Davis (Whig) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NAY
- Reverdy Johnson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Ware Bradbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alpheus Felch (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Cass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Rice Atchison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Gordon Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Parker Hale (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Lewis Dayton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Corwin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Allen (Democrat) — YEA
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Cameron (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat) — YEA
- John Bell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Houston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig) — YEA
- William Upham (Whig) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 57 members
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