The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO COMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION H.J.RES. 12, AUTHORIZING THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING TO CONTRACT FOR PRINTING THE CENSUS.
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
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Every roll call on HJR12
How each state's members voted
In 11 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 18 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 1 no
- New York: 24 yes, 2 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 1 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, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 13 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 18 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 5 yes, 6 no, 4 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: 8 yes, 3 no
- North Carolina: 9 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 3 no
- Alabama: 6 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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 6 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Colston Marshall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Walker McCorkle (Democrat) — NAY
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — NAY
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
- Junius Hillyer (Union) — YEA
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Union) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — YEA
Illinois 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Sheppard Molony (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Yates (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thompson Campbell (Democrat) — YEA
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrison Bissell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 2 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lockhart (Democrat) — NAY
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Brenton (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 5 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — YEA
- Humphrey Marshall (Whig) — YEA
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — NAY
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Democrat) — YEA
- John Moore (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Louis St. Martin (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 9 yes, 1 no
- Benjamin Thompson (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Allen (Free Soil) — NAY
- 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) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — YEA
Maryland 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Hammond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Ind. Whig) — YEA
- Richard Johns Bowie (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Andrews (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — YEA
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Appleton (Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Goodenow (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — NAY
Michigan 2 yes, 1 no
Missouri 2 yes, 1 no, 2 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) — YEA
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 3 no
North Carolina 9 yes, 0 no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — YEA
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — YEA
- David Outlaw (Whig) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
New Hampshire 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Tuck (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — YEA
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 3 yes, 2 no
New York 24 yes, 2 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Abraham P. Stephens (Democrat) — YEA
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — YEA
- George Briggs (Whig) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — YEA
- James Brooks (Whig) — YEA
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — YEA
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — YEA
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — YEA
- John Wells (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — YEA
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — YEA
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — YEA
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — YEA
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Preston King (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Y. Howe Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Timothy Jenkins (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Ives (Democrat) — YEA
- William Augustus Sackett (Whig) — YEA
- William Murray (Democrat) — YEA
- William W. Snow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 13 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Stanton (Whig) — YEA
- Charles Sweetser (Democrat) — NAY
- David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Eben Newton (Whig) — YEA
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — YEA
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — NAY
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Welch (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — YEA
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — YEA
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — YEA
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — YEA
Pennsylvania 18 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — YEA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — YEA
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Dunning Moore (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Mills Fuller (Whig) — YEA
- James Gamble (Democrat) — YEA
- James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat) — YEA
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- John Alexander Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
- John Allison (Whig) — YEA
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John McNair (Democrat) — YEA
- John Robbins (Democrat) — NAY
- John W. Howe (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — YEA
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Stevens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Gordon King (Whig) — YEA
South Carolina 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — YEA
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — YEA
- William Aiken (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 8 yes, 3 no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — YEA
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — NAY
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — YEA
- William Cullom (Whig) — YEA
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 5 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — NAY
- George Western Thompson (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James French Strother (Whig) — YEA
- James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat) — NAY
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — YEA
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) — YEA
- James Meacham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hebard (Whig) — YEA
Wisconsin 3 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 234 members
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