The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDNG THAT THE COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS BE INSTRUCTED TO REPORT A BILL GIVING CREDIT FOR DUTIES ON RAILROAD IRON TO COMPANIES THAT WILL OBLIGATE THEMSELVES TO PAY BE TRANSPORTING MA…
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 members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 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: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 3 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: 1 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 3 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 21 yes, 2 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 8 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 3 yes, 10 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 19 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 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, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 7 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 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, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 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, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — YEA
- James Abercrombie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Ferguson Dowdell (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Phillips (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Russell Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Allen Warren (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander McDougall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Milton Slocum Latham (Democrat) — NAY
Connecticut 3 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NAY
- David Addison Reese (Whig) — NAY
- David Jackson Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Lindsay Seward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Junius Hillyer (Democrat) — YEA
- William Barton Wade Dent (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- John Parsons Cook (Whig) — NAY
Illinois 1 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Whig) — NAY
- James Cameron Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- James Knox (Whig) — YEA
- Jesse Olds Norton (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Yates (Whig) — NAY
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrison Bissell (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jackson Harlan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (Democrat) — NAY
- James Henry Lane (Democrat) — NAY
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Eddy (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — NAY
- Smith Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- William Hayden English (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NAY
- Clement Sidney Hill (Whig) — YEA
- James Stone Chrisman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Milton Elliott (Democrat) — NAY
- Leander Martin Cox (Whig) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NAY
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — NAY
- William Preston (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Perkins Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roland Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Dunbar (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander de Witt (Free Soil) — NAY
- Charles Wentworth Upham (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Dickinson (Whig) — YEA
- John Wiley Edmands (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hurd Walley (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker (Whig) — YEA
- Tappan Wentworth (Whig) — YEA
- William Appleton (Whig) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry May (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Shower (Democrat) — YEA
- John Rankin Franklin (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua van Sant (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ephraim Wilder Farley (Whig) — YEA
- Israel Washburn Jr. (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Macdonald (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Mayall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Page Benson (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Addison Noble (Democrat) — NAY
- David Stuart (Democrat) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — YEA
- Mordecai Oliver (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Boone Wright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wiley Pope Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Barksdale (Democrat) — YEA
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Kittredge (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Hibbard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 21 yes, 2 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Oliver (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Pringle (Whig) — YEA
- Bishop Perkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Caleb Lyon (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hughes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Davis Carpenter (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edwin Barber Morgan (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Brockholst Cutting (Democrat) — YEA
- George Abel Simmons (Whig) — YEA
- George Hastings (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Chase (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Gerrit Smith (Free Soil) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Walbridge (Democrat) — YEA
- James Maurice (Democrat) — YEA
- Jared Valentine Peck (Democrat) — YEA
- John James Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Wheeler (Democrat) — YEA
- Michael Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Whig) — YEA
- Peter Rowe (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Democrat) — YEA
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Russell Sage (Whig) — YEA
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas William Cumming (Democrat) — YEA
- William Adams Walker (Democrat) — YEA
- William Marcy Tweed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Murray (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 3 yes, 10 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harlan (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Ellison (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — NAY
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Ball (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Wade (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — NAY
- George Bliss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Harvey Hull Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Scott Harrison (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- Matthias H. Nichols (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Bledso Corwin (Whig) — NAY
- Thomas Ritchey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Dell Lindsley (Democrat) — NAY
- William Robinson Sapp (Whig) — NAY
- Wilson Shannon (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 19 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Asa Packer (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Drum (Democrat) — YEA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Christian Markle Straub (Democrat) — YEA
- David Ritchie (Whig) — YEA
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — YEA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gamble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Dick (Whig) — YEA
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — YEA
- John McCulloch (Whig) — YEA
- John McNair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — YEA
- Michael Carver Trout (Democrat) — YEA
- Ner Middleswarth (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Lyon Russell (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — YEA
- William Everhart (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Witte (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Davis (Democrat) — YEA
South Carolina 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NAY
- John McQueen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Laurence Massillon Keitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Preston Smith Brooks (Democrat) — YEA
- William Aiken (Democrat) — NAY
- William Waters Boyce (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Ready (Whig) — NAY
- Emerson Etheridge (Whig) — YEA
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Malone Bugg (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Axley Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Cullom (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Smyth (Democrat) — NAY
- Peter Hansbrough Bell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 7 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — YEA
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Fryall Snodgrass (Democrat) — YEA
- John Letcher (Democrat) — YEA
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NAY
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zedekiah Kidwell (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alvah Sabin (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Tracy (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Meacham (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 3 no
Every vote, by name — 233 members
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