The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE PRESIDENT BE REQUESTED TO PRESENT THREE GOLD MEDALS TO CAPTAINS OF SHIPS AS TESTIMONIALS OF NATIONAL GRATITUDE FOR RESCUING AMERICANS FRO…
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
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Every roll call on SJR9
How each state's members voted
In 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 19 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: 3 yes, 3 no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 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: 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 14 yes, 9 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 8 yes, 0 no, 3 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 10 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 16 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 3 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 4 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 3 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 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, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Smith Houston (Democrat) — NAY
- James Abercrombie (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Ferguson Dowdell (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Phillips (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Russell Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Allen Warren (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll (Democrat) — YEA
- James Timothy Pratt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Belcher (Democrat) — YEA
- Origen Storrs Seymour (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
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) — NOT VOTING
- David Addison Reese (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- David Jackson Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Webb Chastain (Democrat) — NAY
- James Lindsay Seward (Democrat) — YEA
- Junius Hillyer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Barton Wade Dent (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bernhart Henn (Democrat) — NAY
- John Parsons Cook (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Whig) — YEA
- James Cameron Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- James Knox (Whig) — YEA
- Jesse Olds Norton (Whig) — YEA
- John Wentworth (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Yates (Whig) — YEA
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Harrison Bissell (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- Willis Allen (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jackson Harlan (Democrat) — NAY
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Mace (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain (Democrat) — NAY
- James Henry Lane (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Eddy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Wilson Parker (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Smith Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NAY
- William Hayden English (Democrat) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Edwards Grey (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Clement Sidney Hill (Whig) — YEA
- James Stone Chrisman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Cabell Breckinridge (Democrat) — NAY
- John Milton Elliott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leander Martin Cox (Whig) — YEA
- Linn Boyd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Presley Underwood Ewing (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Preston (Whig) — NAY
Louisiana 3 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 8 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander de Witt (Free Soil) — YEA
- Charles Wentworth Upham (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Dickinson (Whig) — YEA
- John Wiley Edmands (Whig) — YEA
- John Zacheus Goodrich (Whig) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hurd Walley (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Leonard Crocker (Whig) — YEA
- Tappan Wentworth (Whig) — YEA
- William Appleton (Whig) — YEA
- Zeno Scudder (Whig) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Henry May (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Shower (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rankin Franklin (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua van Sant (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 3 yes, 3 no
Michigan 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Addison Noble (Democrat) — NAY
- David Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Clark (Democrat) — NAY
Missouri 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred William Lamb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Johnson Lindley (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- John Gaines Miller (Whig) — YEA
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NAY
- Mordecai Oliver (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Caruthers (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 4 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) — NAY
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 3 no
New Jersey 3 yes, 2 no
New York 14 yes, 9 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Oliver (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Pringle (Whig) — YEA
- Bishop Perkins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Caleb Lyon (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hughes (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Terryll Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Davis Carpenter (Whig) — YEA
- Edwin Barber Morgan (Whig) — YEA
- Francis Brockholst Cutting (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Abel Simmons (Whig) — YEA
- George Hastings (Democrat) — NAY
- George William Chase (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Gerrit Smith (Free Soil) — YEA
- Gilbert Dean (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bennett (Whig) — YEA
- Hiram Walbridge (Democrat) — YEA
- James Maurice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jared Valentine Peck (Democrat) — NAY
- John James Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- John Wheeler (Democrat) — NAY
- Michael Walsh (Democrat) — NAY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Whig) — YEA
- Peter Rowe (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Democrat) — YEA
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham (Democrat) — NAY
- Russell Sage (Whig) — YEA
- Solomon George Haven (Whig) — YEA
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Thorn Flagler (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas William Cumming (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Adams Walker (Democrat) — NAY
- William Marcy Tweed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Murray (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 10 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harlan (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Peck Edgerton (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Ellison (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Stuart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Tiernan Disney (Democrat) — YEA
- Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Ball (Whig) — YEA
- Edward Wade (Free Soil) — YEA
- Frederick William Green (Democrat) — YEA
- George Bliss (Democrat) — YEA
- Harvey Hull Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lampkin Taylor (Whig) — YEA
- John Scott Harrison (Whig) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig) — YEA
- Matthias H. Nichols (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Bledso Corwin (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Ritchey (Democrat) — NAY
- William Dell Lindsley (Democrat) — NAY
- William Robinson Sapp (Whig) — YEA
- Wilson Shannon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 16 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Asa Packer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Augustus Drum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Christian Markle Straub (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Ritchie (Whig) — YEA
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Democrat) — YEA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- James Gamble (Democrat) — YEA
- John Dick (Whig) — YEA
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — YEA
- John McCulloch (Whig) — YEA
- John McNair (Democrat) — YEA
- John Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig) — YEA
- Michael Carver Trout (Democrat) — YEA
- Ner Middleswarth (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Lyon Russell (Whig) — YEA
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Marshall Howe (Whig) — YEA
- William Everhart (Whig) — YEA
- William Henry Kurtz (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Witte (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 4 no
Tennessee 3 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Ready (Whig) — YEA
- Emerson Etheridge (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (Whig) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Malone Bugg (Whig) — YEA
- Samuel Axley Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- William Cullom (Whig) — NAY
- William Montgomery Churchwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Smyth (Democrat) — NAY
- Peter Hansbrough Bell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 2 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NAY
- Fayette McMullen (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Fryall Snodgrass (Democrat) — NAY
- John Letcher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — NAY
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NAY
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — NAY
- William Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Zedekiah Kidwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no
- Alvah Sabin (Whig) — YEA
- Andrew Tracy (Whig) — YEA
- James Meacham (Whig) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ben C. Eastman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wells Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- John B. Macy (Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 233 members
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