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House recorded vote (32nd Congress) · March 27, 1852
H.R. 207

Recorded vote

TO TABLE H.R. 207.

Bill action
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 207

March 27, 1852 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE WHIC… · 99–71 March 27, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY ADDING AN APPROPRIATION… · 112–48 March 27, 1852 · TO PASS H.R. 207. · 95–76 April 21, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDE… · 18–21 April 26, 1852 · ON DECIDING THE POINT OF ORDER DURING DEBATE … · 29–12 May 7, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY INCREASING TRANSPORTATI… · 21–28 May 7, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY ADDING A PROVISION THAT… · 9–38 May 11, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE CONT… · 18–19 May 14, 1852 · TO TABLE, (H R 207). · 15–33 May 19, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PAYING CITIZENS OF ALAB… · 20–24 May 19, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY ALLOWING ADDITIONAL COM… · 23–21 May 20, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT… · 35–12 May 24, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING A SUM, NOT EX… · 20–23 May 24, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, WHICH AMENDMENT STIPULATES… · 11–31 May 25, 1852 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT AS AMENDED TO THE BILL … · 12–30 May 27, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE PROP… · 18–26 May 28, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, WHICH AMENDMENT FIXES THE … · 20–22 May 28, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROPOSING THAT AFTER DE… · 18–23 May 28, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE CONT… · 15–25 May 28, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY OBTAINING CONSENT FROM … · 16–28 May 28, 1852 · ON CONCURRING IN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL H.R. 2… · 27–19 May 28, 1852 · ON CONCURRING IN AMENDMENT TO THE BILL H.R. 2… · 22–22 May 28, 1852 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 207, THE AMENDMENT PRO… · 35–5 July 13, 1852 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON RECOMMITTING TO… · 117–52 July 13, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY APPROPRIATING $80,000 F… · 73–103 July 13, 1852 · TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE SUM … · 89–87 July 13, 1852 · TO TABLE H.R. 207. (P. 1767-3) · 73–104 July 14, 1852 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE AMENDI… · 92–86 July 17, 1852 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 207, … · 42–98 July 20, 1852 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO A SENATE AMEND… · 70–50
The map

How each state's members voted

In 3 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 6 yes, 19 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 6 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 8 yes, 6 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 9 yes, 11 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 9 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 6 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. 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.

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 234 members

Select any member to pull their file.