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Senate recorded vote (31st Congress) · August 12, 1850
S. 169

Recorded vote

TO TABLE S. 169. (P. 1565-3)

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.

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 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. 169

April 18, 1850 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATI… · 27–24 August 1, 1850 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL S. 16… · 35–23 August 1, 1850 · TO AMEND THE MOTION TO MAKE S. 169 THE SPECIA… · 24–30 August 2, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 169, BY REDUCING THE BOUNDARY OF … · 23–33 August 6, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 169, BY ADMITTING CALIFORNIA UPON… · 24–32 August 6, 1850 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION UNTIL TOMOR… · 19–30 August 6, 1850 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW, FURTHER CONSIDERA… · 17–22 August 7, 1850 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW, FURTHER CONSIDERA… · 19–30 August 7, 1850 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW, FURTHER CONSIDERA… · 23–23 August 7, 1850 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW, FURTHER CONSIDERA… · 27–24 August 10, 1850 · TO AMEND IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, THE B… · 12–35 August 10, 1850 · TO AMEND THE BILL, S. 169 BY MAKING LAND GRAN… · 13–29 August 12, 1850 · TO AMEND, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, THE … · 20–30 August 12, 1850 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL 12 O'CLOCK THE FOLLOWING DA… · 20–31 August 12, 1850 · ON ORDERING ENGROSSMENT AND 3RD READING OF TH… · 33–19 August 13, 1850 · ON PASSAGE S. 169. · 34–18 September 7, 1850 · TO TABLE THE APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE … · 86–116 September 7, 1850 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR THAT AN … · 87–115 September 7, 1850 · TO AMEND S. 169, BY SETTING THE SOUTHERN BOUN… · 76–131 September 7, 1850 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A S… · 71–134 September 7, 1850 · TO ORDER 3RD READING FOR S. 169. · 151–57 September 7, 1850 · TO PASS S. 169. (P.1772-1) · 150–56
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 2 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.

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

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

Delaware 0 yes, 2 no

Florida 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

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

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 60 members

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