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Recorded vote
TO COMMIT TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND PRINT H.R. 7 (S. 44) PROVIDING FOR GRANT OF PUBLIC LANDS TO THE SEVERAL STATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INDIGENT INSANE. (P. 788-2)
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. 7
How each state's members voted
In 11 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 13 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: 1 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 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: 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 9 yes, 11 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 8 no, 2 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, 1 no
- Indiana: 4 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 9 yes, 5 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 12 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 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: 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 10 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 5 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: 2 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 3 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — YEA
- James Abercrombie (Whig) — NAY
- James Ferguson Dowdell (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Phillips (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Russell Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Allen Warren (Democrat) — YEA
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander McDougall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Milton Slocum Latham (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 4 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Addison Reese (Whig) — YEA
- David Jackson Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lindsay Seward (Democrat) — YEA
- Junius Hillyer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Barton Wade Dent (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — YEA
- John Parsons Cook (Whig) — NAY
Illinois 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Whig) — NAY
- James Cameron Allen (Democrat) — YEA
- James Knox (Whig) — NAY
- Jesse Olds Norton (Whig) — NAY
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Yates (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrison Bissell (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 4 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jackson Harlan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Henry Lane (Democrat) — NAY
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Norman Eddy (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — NAY
- Smith Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hayden English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NAY
- Clement Sidney Hill (Whig) — NAY
- James Stone Chrisman (Democrat) — YEA
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Milton Elliott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leander Martin Cox (Whig) — NAY
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — YEA
- William Preston (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 2 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander de Witt (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Wentworth Upham (Whig) — NAY
- Edward Dickinson (Whig) — NAY
- John Wiley Edmands (Whig) — NAY
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — NAY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hurd Walley (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Leonard Crocker (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Tappan Wentworth (Whig) — NAY
- William Appleton (Whig) — NAY
Maryland 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry May (Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob Shower (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rankin Franklin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua van Sant (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ephraim Wilder Farley (Whig) — NAY
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — NAY
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Mayall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Page Benson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- David Addison Noble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 3 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred William Lamb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Johnson Lindley (Whig) — YEA
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — NAY
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — YEA
- Mordecai Oliver (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Boone Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wiley Pope Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Barksdale (Democrat) — YEA
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Burton Craige (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Marchmore Shaw (Democrat) — YEA
- John Kerr Jr. (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Clauselle Puryear (Whig) — NAY
- Sion Hart Rogers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Ruffin (Democrat) — YEA
- William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat) — YEA
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Kittredge (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington (Whig) — NAY
- Charles Skelton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Vail (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Taylor Stratton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Lilly (Democrat) — NAY
New York 9 yes, 11 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Oliver (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Pringle (Whig) — NAY
- Bishop Perkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Lyon (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hughes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Davis Carpenter (Whig) — NAY
- Edwin Barber Morgan (Whig) — YEA
- Francis Brockholst Cutting (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Abel Simmons (Whig) — NAY
- George Hastings (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Chase (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Gerrit Smith (Free Soil) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — NAY
- Hiram Walbridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Maurice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jared Valentine Peck (Democrat) — NAY
- John James Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- John Wheeler (Democrat) — NAY
- Michael Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Rowe (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Democrat) — YEA
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (Democrat) — NAY
- Russell Sage (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — NAY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Thorn Flagler (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas William Cumming (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Adams Walker (Democrat) — NAY
- William Marcy Tweed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Murray (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 9 yes, 5 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harlan (Whig) — NAY
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Ellison (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — YEA
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Ball (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Wade (Free Soil) — YEA
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Bliss (Democrat) — YEA
- Harvey Hull Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — NAY
- John Scott Harrison (Whig) — NAY
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Matthias H. Nichols (Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Bledso Corwin (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Ritchey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Dell Lindsley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Robinson Sapp (Whig) — NAY
- Wilson Shannon (Democrat) — YEA
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 12 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Asa Packer (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Drum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — YEA
- Christian Markle Straub (Democrat) — NAY
- David Ritchie (Whig) — NAY
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — YEA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gamble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Dick (Whig) — NAY
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — YEA
- John McCulloch (Whig) — NAY
- John McNair (Democrat) — YEA
- John Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — NAY
- Michael Carver Trout (Democrat) — NAY
- Ner Middleswarth (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Lyon Russell (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — NAY
- William Everhart (Whig) — NAY
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Witte (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Ready (Whig) — NAY
- Emerson Etheridge (Whig) — NAY
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (Whig) — NAY
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Malone Bugg (Whig) — NAY
- Samuel Axley Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- William Cullom (Whig) — NAY
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 10 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — YEA
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Fryall Snodgrass (Democrat) — YEA
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — YEA
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — YEA
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- Zedekiah Kidwell (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alvah Sabin (Whig) — NAY
- Andrew Tracy (Whig) — NAY
- James Meacham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 3 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 233 members
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