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Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE ON H.R. 240, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NAVAL SERVICE FOR FISCAL 1852. (P. 2493,2494)
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. 240
How each state's members voted
In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 17 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, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 4 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: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 1 no
- New York: 19 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 5 yes, 2 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: 3 yes, 8 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 9 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 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: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 7 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 3 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 7 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 0 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander White (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Abercrombie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Russell Smith (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Colston Marshall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Walker McCorkle (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — YEA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — NAY
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — NAY
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Murphey (Union) — NOT VOTING
- David Jackson Bailey (States Rights) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Union) — NOT VOTING
- James Johnson (Union) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Webber Jackson (States Rights) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — NAY
Illinois 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
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) — NAY
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — NAY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — YEA
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — NAY
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 4 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 5 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thompson (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Allen (Free Soil) — NAY
- George Thomas Davis (Whig) — YEA
- Horace Mann (Free Soil) — NAY
- James Henry Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — YEA
- Orin Fowler (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Appleton (Whig) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 4 yes, 1 no, 1 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) — YEA
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 2 yes, 0 no, 5 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) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 2 yes, 1 no
Missouri 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gilchrist Porter (Whig) — YEA
- John Fletcher Darby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — YEA
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Brown (States Rights) — NAY
- Benjamin Duke Nabers (Union) — NOT VOTING
- John A. Wilcox (Union) — NAY
- John D. Freeman (Union) — YEA
North Carolina 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — YEA
- David Outlaw (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — NAY
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Skelton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Houston Brown (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Wildrick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Taylor Stratton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rodman McCamley Price (Democrat) — YEA
New York 19 yes, 11 no, 4 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) — YEA
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — YEA
- George Briggs (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — YEA
- James Brooks (Whig) — YEA
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — NAY
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — YEA
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — YEA
- John Wells (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — YEA
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — NAY
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — YEA
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — YEA
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Preston King (Democrat) — NAY
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — NAY
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Ives (Democrat) — NAY
- William Augustus Sackett (Whig) — YEA
- William Murray (Democrat) — NAY
- William W. Snow (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 3 yes, 8 no, 10 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) — NAY
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Eben Newton (Whig) — NAY
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — YEA
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Welch (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — NAY
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — NAY
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 9 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — NAY
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NAY
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Dunning Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) — YEA
- James Gamble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- John Alexander Morrison (Democrat) — NAY
- John Allison (Whig) — YEA
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John McNair (Democrat) — NAY
- John Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- John W. Howe (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — YEA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Stevens (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (Whig) — NAY
- 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, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — NAY
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- William Aiken (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 3 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- 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 7 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — YEA
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — YEA
- James French Strother (Whig) — YEA
- James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat) — NAY
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NAY
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Meacham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hebard (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 231 members
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