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House recorded vote (33rd Congress) · May 30, 1854
H.R. 271

Recorded vote

TO ADJOURN, DURING DEBATE ON H.R. 271.

Procedural
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. 271

March 17, 1854 · TO AMEND H.R. 271, (10 STAT 290, MAY 31, 1854… · 85–57 March 17, 1854 · TO PASS H.R. 271 (10 STAT 291, MAY 31, 1854) … · 137–11 March 29, 1854 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL THE NEXT DAY FURTHER CONSID… · 18–24 March 29, 1854 · ON AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL H.R.… · 22–20 March 29, 1854 · TO AMEND, AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THE B… · 21–19 March 29, 1854 · TO AMEND, AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, THE B… · 20–17 March 30, 1854 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 271, BY PROVIDING THAT… · 24–13 March 31, 1854 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 271, BY APPROPRIATING … · 24–17 March 31, 1854 · ON AGREEING, AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, TO… · 23–16 March 31, 1854 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 271, BY PROVIDING TO P… · 20–17 May 26, 1854 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271 (… · 64–61 May 26, 1854 · TO CONCUR WITH THE TENTH SENATE AMENDMENT TO … · 83–59 May 26, 1854 · TO CONCUR IN 25TH SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 27… · 47–100 May 26, 1854 · TO CONCUR IN THE FORTIETH SENATE AMENDMENT TO… · 44–101 May 26, 1854 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE AG… · 81–74 May 26, 1854 · ON AGREEING TO THE FIFTY-FIRST SENATE AMENDME… · 33–103 May 26, 1854 · TO AGREE TO 53RD SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 271… · 40–103 May 30, 1854 · TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 271. … · 77–41
The map

How each state's members voted

In 0 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 17 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 5 yes, 8 no, 20 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 2 no, 7 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 3 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 8 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 9 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 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, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 4 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, 3 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 4 no, 3 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, 1 did not vote yes or no

Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Maine 1 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 235 members

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