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Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE COMMITTED H.R. 204. TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON THE STATE OF THE UNION.
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. 204
How each state's members voted
In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 11 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: 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: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 3 no
- New York: 25 yes, 3 no, 6 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: 1 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 15 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 3 yes, 0 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, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 9 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 3 yes, 1 no, 3 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, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 4 yes, 0 no, 4 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: 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 0 yes, 6 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 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Chapman (Whig) — YEA
- Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat) — YEA
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 4 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Union) — YEA
- Charles Murphey (Union) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Union) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- Lincoln Clark (Democrat) — NAY
Illinois 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Indiana 1 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — NAY
- James Lockhart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- John Larne Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Brenton (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Addison White (Whig) — YEA
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — YEA
- Humphrey Marshall (Whig) — NAY
- James W. Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — YEA
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Ward (Whig) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gordon Penn (Democrat) — NAY
- John Moore (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Aristide Landry (Whig) — NAY
- Louis St. Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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) — NAY
- Horace Mann (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- James Henry Duncan (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Orin Fowler (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Rantoul Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- William Appleton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Evans (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Hammond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Stewart Cottman (Ind. Whig) — NAY
- Richard Johns Bowie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Yates Walsh (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Andrews (Democrat) — YEA
- Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — YEA
- John Appleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Goodenow (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 3 no
Missouri 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gilchrist Porter (Whig) — NAY
- John Fletcher Darby (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — NAY
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Preble Hall (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Brown (States Rights) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Duke Nabers (Union) — NAY
- John A. Wilcox (Union) — NAY
- John D. Freeman (Union) — NAY
North Carolina 6 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat) — YEA
- Alfred Dockery (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Outlaw (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Stanly (Whig) — NAY
- James Turner Morehead (Whig) — YEA
- John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — YEA
- Jared Perkins (Whig) — YEA
New Jersey 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Skelton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Houston Brown (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Wildrick (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathan Taylor Stratton (Democrat) — YEA
- Rodman McCamley Price (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 25 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig) — YEA
- Abraham P. Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Buell (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Porter Hascall (Whig) — YEA
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- David Lowrey Seymour (Democrat) — YEA
- Emanuel Bernard Hart (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Stanley Martin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- George Briggs (Whig) — NAY
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — YEA
- Henry Sanford Walbridge (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Whig) — NAY
- Jerediah Horsford (Whig) — YEA
- John Gelston Floyd (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Hobart Haws (Whig) — NAY
- John Huggins Boyd (Whig) — YEA
- John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig) — YEA
- John Wells (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Sutherland (Democrat) — YEA
- Leander Babcock (Democrat) — YEA
- Lorenzo Burrows (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Marius Schoonmaker (Whig) — YEA
- Obadiah Bowne (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Preston King (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Robie (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — YEA
Ohio 6 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Harper (Whig) — NAY
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Stanton (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Sweetser (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Eben Newton (Whig) — YEA
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Henry Busby (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Bell (Whig) — NAY
- James Madison Gaylord (Democrat) — YEA
- John Johnson (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — NAY
- John Welch (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Cable (Democrat) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — YEA
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — NAY
- Nelson Barrere (Whig) — NAY
- Norton Strange Townshend (Democrat) — NAY
- William Forrest Hunter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 15 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Gilmore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Parker (Democrat) — YEA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — YEA
- John McNair (Democrat) — YEA
- John Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- John W. Howe (Whig) — YEA
- Joseph Henry Kuhns (Whig) — NAY
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — NAY
- Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Stevens (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Marshal Bibighaus (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ross (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Burt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wallace (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NAY
- John McQueen (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Aiken (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Christopher Harris Williams (Whig) — NAY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig) — NAY
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Hawkins Polk (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richardson Scurry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Volney Erskine Howard (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 9 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles James Faulkner (Whig) — YEA
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — YEA
- George Western Thompson (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — YEA
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ahiman Louis Miner (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Meacham (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Bartlett Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hebard (Whig) — YEA
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ben C. Eastman (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Durkee (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- James Duane Doty (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 234 members
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