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Senate recorded vote (31st Congress) · August 9, 1850
S. 307

Recorded vote

TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND 3RD READING OF S. 307. (P. 1555-3)

Bill action
01
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.

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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 S. 307

August 8, 1850 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL… · 19–31 August 8, 1850 · TO AMEND THE BILL, S. 307 WHICH AMENDMENT PRO… · 21–28 August 8, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 307, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES THA… · 17–31 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND THE BILL S. 307 WHICH AMENDMENT DEFI… · 24–25 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THE BI… · 14–37 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND THE BILL S. 307 BY STIPULATING THAT … · 19–28 August 9, 1850 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO S. 307 WHICH AMENDM… · 28–22 August 9, 1850 · TO CONCUR IN AMEND. TO S. 307, WHICH AMENDMEN… · 35–12 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 307, WHICH AMENDMENT FIXES THE BO… · 23–28 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 307, WHICH AMENDMENT REDUCES THE … · 20–26 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 307, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES FOR… · 24–26 August 9, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 307, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES THA… · 19–29 August 9, 1850 · ON PASSAGE OF THE BILL S. 307. (P. 1555-3) · 30–20 August 28, 1850 · TO REJECT S. 307 (9 STAT. 446, APP. 9/9/1850)… · 34–168 August 28, 1850 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT THE… · 122–84 August 29, 1850 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE C… · 154–54 August 29, 1850 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM A DECISION OF THE CHA… · 129–67 September 4, 1850 · TO TABLE S. 307 (9 STAT. 446, APP. 9/9/1850),… · 30–169 September 4, 1850 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON COMMITING S. 30… · 133–68 September 4, 1850 · TO REFER S. 307 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE… · 101–99 September 4, 1850 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHI… · 103–103 September 4, 1850 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH S. 307 WAS RE… · 104–101 September 4, 1850 · TO REFER S. 307 TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. (… · 101–103 September 4, 1850 · TO AMEND MR. BOYD'S AMENDMENT TO S. 307, RELA… · 69–130 September 4, 1850 · TO TABLE S. 307. (P.1749-2) · 61–141 September 4, 1850 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A S… · 98–106 September 4, 1850 · TO ORDER THIRD READING OF S. 307. (P.1750-1) · 81–126 September 5, 1850 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 71–135 September 5, 1850 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH HOUSE REFUSED TO … · 131–75 September 5, 1850 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 96–108 September 5, 1850 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH MR. BOYD'S AM… · 105–99 September 5, 1850 · TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT OF MR. WENTWORTH, WHIC… · 72–128 September 5, 1850 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT THE… · 101–86 September 5, 1850 · TO COMMIT S. 307 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOL… · 80–119 September 5, 1850 · TO AGREE TO THE SECOND PART OF AN AMENDMENT T… · 65–132 September 5, 1850 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT OF MR. BOYD (AS AME… · 107–99 September 5, 1850 · TO ORDER S. 307 TO A THIRD READING. (P.1758-… · 99–107 September 6, 1850 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE C… · 79–122 September 6, 1850 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT THE… · 82–124 September 6, 1850 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH THIRD READING OF … · 122–84 September 6, 1850 · TO ORDER MAIN QUESTION ON THIRD READING OF S.… · 115–91 September 6, 1850 · TO ORDER THIRD READING OF S. 307. (P.1764-1) · 108–98 September 6, 1850 · TO TABLE S. 307. (P.1764-2) · 97–108 September 6, 1850 · TO PASS S. 307. (P.1764-3) · 108–97 September 9, 1850 · ON CONCURRING IN THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE B… · 31–10
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no

Delaware 1 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 1 yes, 1 no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 60 members

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