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House recorded vote (32nd Congress) · May 28, 1852
S. 3

Recorded vote

TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WHICH PASSED S.3. (P. 1506-1)

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. 3

May 26, 1852 · TO TABLE S. 3 (6-10-52), A BILL TO GRANT THE … · 71–108 May 27, 1852 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON AN AMENDMENT TO… · 83–70 May 27, 1852 · TO TABLE S. 3. (P. 1491-3) · 74–94 May 27, 1852 · TO AMEND S. 3, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE LAND… · 102–67 May 27, 1852 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT OF AMENDMENT AND THIRD R… · 93–76 May 28, 1852 · TO TABLE S. 3. (P. 1505-2) · 72–104 May 28, 1852 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON S. 3. (P. 1505… · 103–72 May 28, 1852 · TO PASS S. 3. (P. 1506-1) · 103–76 May 28, 1852 · TO RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, D… · 86–92 May 31, 1852 · TO AMEND S. 3 AN ACT (JUNE 10, 1852, 10-STAT.… · 28–1
The map

How each state's members voted

In 11 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 16 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: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 3 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 8 yes, 14 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 7 yes, 0 no, 3 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 14 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  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: 5 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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
  40. Tennessee: 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. 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.

Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no

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

Florida 1 yes, 0 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 233 members

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