The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 207, BY PROVIDING THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE MAIL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE NAVY TO THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT. (P. 1325-2)
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. 207
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeremiah Clemens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John B. Weller (Democrat) — YEA
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no
- Truman Smith (Whig) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Spruance (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jackson Morton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat) — YEA
- George Wallace Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Whitcomb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse David Bright (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pierre Soulé (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat) — NAY
- James Ware Bradbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alpheus Felch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Cass (Democrat) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Stephen Adams (Democrat) — YEA
- Walker Brooke (Whig) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Field Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hamilton Fish (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Seward (Whig) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Whig) — YEA
- Salmon Portland Chase (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
- James Cooper (Whig) — YEA
- Richard Brodhead (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
- James Chamberlain Jones (Whig) — YEA
- John Bell (Whig) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Solomon Foot (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Upham (Whig) — NAY
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Dodge (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Pigeon Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 61 members
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