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Senate recorded vote (33rd Congress) · February 6, 1855
H.R. 117

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 117.

Passage
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. 117

January 27, 1855 · TO PASS H.R. 117, PROVIDING FOR THE ASCERTAIN… · 111–77 January 27, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 117, SO THAT THE TITLE READS "A… · 1–120 February 1, 1855 · TO CONSIDER BILL H.R. 117, TO PROVIDE SATIFAC… · 26–29 February 6, 1855 · TO AMEND THE BILL, H.R. 117, PROVIDING SATISF… · 22–24 February 6, 1855 · TO AMEND THE BILL, H.R. 117, BY ELIMINATING T… · 21–26 February 19, 1855 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE PASSAGE… · 112–77 February 19, 1855 · TO PASS H.R. 117 OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. … · 113–86
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 6 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 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, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 2 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana 1 yes, 1 no

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

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 61 members

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