The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE A RESOLUTION THAT CLERK OF HOUSE BE DIRECTED TO PAY NATHAN RATHBURN, AT SAME RATE OF COMPENSATION AS OTHER CLERK OF HOUSE ARE PAID FROM JAN. 1, 1851, MARCH 4, 1851 FOR SERVICES AS CLERK OF COMMITTEE O…
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)
How each state's members voted
In 2 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 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: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 2 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: 3 yes, 4 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 5 yes, 7 no, 22 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 2 no, 6 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, 2 no
- Indiana: 4 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 5 yes, 9 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 3 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- 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, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 4 yes, 3 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 3 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 5 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 3 no
- Alabama: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 3 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Colston Marshall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Walker McCorkle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — NAY
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — YEA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 3 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Murphey (Union) — YEA
- David Jackson Bailey (States Rights) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Union) — YEA
- James Johnson (Union) — YEA
- Joseph Webber Jackson (States Rights) — NAY
- Junius Hillyer (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Union) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — NAY
Illinois 3 yes, 4 no
Indiana 4 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Lockhart (Democrat) — NAY
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Brenton (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — YEA
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — YEA
- Humphrey Marshall (Whig) — NAY
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Democrat) — NAY
- John Moore (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Louis St. Martin (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thompson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Allen (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- George Thomas Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Mann (Free Soil) — NAY
- James Henry Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Orin Fowler (Whig) — NAY
- Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Appleton (Whig) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Hammond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Ind. Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Johns Bowie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — NAY
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Reed (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — NAY
- John Appleton (Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Goodenow (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Jenckes Penniman (Whig) — YEA
- James Lockwood Conger (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Gilchrist Porter (Whig) — NAY
- John Fletcher Darby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 3 no
North Carolina 5 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Outlaw (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — YEA
- James Turner Morehead (Whig) — YEA
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — YEA
- William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 2 no
- Amos Tuck (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — NAY
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — YEA
New Jersey 2 yes, 3 no
New York 5 yes, 7 no, 22 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig) — NAY
- Abraham P. Stephens (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — YEA
- George Briggs (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — YEA
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wells (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — NAY
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — YEA
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Preston King (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — NAY
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Ives (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Sackett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Murray (Democrat) — NAY
- William W. Snow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 6 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Stanton (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Sweetser (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat) — NAY
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NAY
- Eben Newton (Whig) — NAY
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — YEA
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Welch (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NAY
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — YEA
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — NAY
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 5 yes, 9 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Dunning Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gamble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Allison (Whig) — YEA
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John McNair (Democrat) — NAY
- John Robbins (Democrat) — NAY
- John W. Howe (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — NAY
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Stevens (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Ross (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Aiken (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 3 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 4 yes, 3 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — YEA
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Western Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NAY
- James French Strother (Whig) — NAY
- James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat) — YEA
- John Letcher (Democrat) — YEA
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) — YEA
- James Meacham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hebard (Whig) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 234 members
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