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Recorded vote
TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON THE ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R. 76.
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)
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. 76
How each state's members voted
In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 1 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: 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 3 yes, 0 no
- New York: 11 yes, 10 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 4 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 6 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 1 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 6 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: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander White (Whig) — YEA
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — YEA
- James Abercrombie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Russell Smith (Union) — YEA
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Ward Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Colston Marshall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Walker McCorkle (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — YEA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Murphey (Union) — NAY
- David Jackson Bailey (States Rights) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Union) — NAY
- James Johnson (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Webber Jackson (States Rights) — NAY
- Junius Hillyer (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Union) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Sheppard Molony (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Yates (Whig) — YEA
- Thompson Campbell (Democrat) — YEA
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrison Bissell (Democrat) — YEA
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 2 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Lockhart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Brenton (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NAY
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — NAY
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Whig) — YEA
- Louis St. Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thompson (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Allen (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- George Thomas Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Mann (Free Soil) — YEA
- James Henry Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — YEA
- Orin Fowler (Whig) — YEA
- William Appleton (Whig) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — YEA
Maryland 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Hammond (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Ind. Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Johns Bowie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — NAY
Michigan 3 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Gilchrist Porter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Fletcher Darby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — YEA
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Brown (States Rights) — YEA
- Benjamin Duke Nabers (Union) — NOT VOTING
- John A. Wilcox (Union) — NAY
- John D. Freeman (Union) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 3 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — YEA
- David Outlaw (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — YEA
- James Turner Morehead (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — NAY
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — YEA
New Jersey 3 yes, 2 no
New York 11 yes, 10 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Abraham P. Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — YEA
- George Briggs (Whig) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — YEA
- James Brooks (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — YEA
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — YEA
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — YEA
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wells (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — NAY
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — YEA
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — NAY
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — YEA
- Preston King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — NAY
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Ives (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Sackett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Murray (Democrat) — NAY
- William W. Snow (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 6 yes, 4 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — YEA
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Stanton (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Sweetser (Democrat) — NAY
- David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NAY
- Eben Newton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Welch (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 8 yes, 6 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — NAY
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Dunning Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) — YEA
- James Gamble (Democrat) — NAY
- James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Allison (Whig) — NAY
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John McNair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Robbins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John W. Howe (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ross (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — NAY
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NAY
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- William Aiken (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richardson Scurry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Volney Erskine Howard (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 1 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — NAY
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NAY
- James French Strother (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat) — YEA
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — NAY
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NAY
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ben C. Eastman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Durkee (Free Soil) — NAY
- James Duane Doty (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 231 members
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