The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE SUM OF $33,000 PER TRIP BE ALLOWED THE "COLLINS LINE OF STEAMERS" FOR TRANSPORTING U.S. MAIL BETWEEN NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND; SAID LINE TO MAKE 26 RETURN TRIPS …
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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.
Every roll call on H.R. 207
How each state's members voted
In 8 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 2 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, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 23 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 7 yes, 0 no, 3 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 12 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 3 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 6 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- 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.
Alabama 1 yes, 6 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — YEA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Murphey (Union) — NAY
- David Jackson Bailey (States Rights) — NAY
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Union) — NAY
- James Johnson (Union) — NAY
- Joseph Webber Jackson (States Rights) — NAY
- Junius Hillyer (Union) — NAY
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Union) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — YEA
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Sheppard Molony (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Yates (Whig) — YEA
- Thompson Campbell (Democrat) — NAY
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Harrison Bissell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Lockhart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Brenton (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NAY
- Humphrey Marshall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — NAY
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Democrat) — YEA
- John Moore (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Louis St. Martin (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Allen (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- George Thomas Davis (Whig) — YEA
- Horace Mann (Free Soil) — YEA
- James Henry Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — YEA
- Orin Fowler (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Appleton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — YEA
Maryland 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Ind. Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Johns Bowie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Reed (Whig) — YEA
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — YEA
- John Appleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Goodenow (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — YEA
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Lockwood Conger (Whig) — YEA
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Gilchrist Porter (Whig) — YEA
- John Fletcher Darby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Brown (States Rights) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Duke Nabers (Union) — NAY
- John A. Wilcox (Union) — NOT VOTING
- John D. Freeman (Union) — NAY
North Carolina 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NAY
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Outlaw (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — YEA
- James Turner Morehead (Whig) — YEA
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
- William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — NAY
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — YEA
New Jersey 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Skelton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Houston Brown (Whig) — YEA
- Isaac Wildrick (Democrat) — NAY
- Nathan Taylor Stratton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rodman McCamley Price (Democrat) — YEA
New York 23 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig) — YEA
- Abraham P. Stephens (Democrat) — YEA
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — YEA
- George Briggs (Whig) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — NAY
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — YEA
- James Brooks (Whig) — YEA
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — YEA
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — YEA
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — YEA
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — YEA
- John Wells (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — YEA
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — YEA
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — NAY
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — YEA
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — YEA
- Preston King (Democrat) — NAY
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — YEA
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Ives (Democrat) — NAY
- William Augustus Sackett (Whig) — YEA
- William Murray (Democrat) — YEA
- William W. Snow (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 6 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Stanton (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Sweetser (Democrat) — NAY
- David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NAY
- Eben Newton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — YEA
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Welch (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — NAY
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — NAY
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — NAY
Pennsylvania 12 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — NAY
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — YEA
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Dunning Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gamble (Democrat) — YEA
- James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat) — NAY
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- John Alexander Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
- John Allison (Whig) — NAY
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John McNair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Robbins (Democrat) — NAY
- John W. Howe (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — YEA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Stevens (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Ross (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat) — YEA
- George Gordon King (Whig) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — NAY
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NAY
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- William Aiken (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — NAY
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — NAY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — NAY
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 3 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — NAY
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Western Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NAY
- James French Strother (Whig) — YEA
- James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat) — NAY
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NAY
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — NAY
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) — YEA
- James Meacham (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hebard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 234 members
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