The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE QUESTION OF RECEIVING A PETITION FROM CITIZENS OF MARCELLUS, N. Y. PRAYING CONGRESS TO INSTITUTE MEASURES FOR THE EXTINCTION OF SLAVERY. (P. 901-1)
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 22 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 3 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Truman Smith (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jackson Morton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Macpherson Berrien (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Crosby Dawson (Whig) — YEA
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Whitcomb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse David Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pierre Soulé (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Free Soil) — NAY
- John Davis (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Alfred Pearce (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas George Pratt (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
- Alpheus Felch (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Cass (Democrat) — YEA
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
- Stephen Adams (Democrat) — YEA
- Walker Brooke (Whig) — YEA
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig) — YEA
- Robert Field Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — YEA
- William Henry Seward (Whig) — NAY
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Cooper (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Tillinghast James (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hopkins Clarke (Whig) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Chamberlain Jones (Whig) — YEA
- John Bell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Houston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Solomon Foot (Whig) — NAY
- William Upham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 61 members
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