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House recorded vote (34th Congress) · May 21, 1856
H.R. 31

Recorded vote

TO PROCEED TO BUSINESS ON SPEAKER'S TABLE DURING DEBATE ON H. R. 31 (11 STAT. 17, APP. 6/3/1856), A BILL GRANTING PUBLIC LANDS, IN ALTERNATE SECTIONS, TO THE STATE OF ALABAMA TO AID IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE COOS…

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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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. 31

May 21, 1856 · TO PASS H. R. 31 (11 STAT. 17, APP. 6/3/1856)… · 74–61
The map

How each state's members voted

In 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 16 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, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 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, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 3 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 5 yes, 18 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 6 no, 5 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: 4 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 4 yes, 8 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 8 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 7 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 3 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 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: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 4 yes, 2 no, 2 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

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

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

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

Missouri 0 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 232 members

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