The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, THE RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND WITH RESPECT TO CENTRAL AMERICA, CONCLUDED AND SIGNED AT LONDON, 10/17/1856.
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 senators voted
In 21 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 5 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Wallace Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Harlan (Opposition) — NAY
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jesse David Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Burton Thompson (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
- John Jordan Crittenden (Opposition) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilson (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alfred Pearce (Opposition) — YEA
- Thomas George Pratt (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Nourse (Republican) — NAY
- William Pitt Fessenden (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Cass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Sheffie Geyer (Opposition) — YEA
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
- Asa Biggs (Democrat) — YEA
- David Settle Reid (Democrat) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Bell (Opposition) — YEA
- John Parker Hale (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Renshaw Thomson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Wright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah James Evans (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Foot (Opposition) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Durkee (Opposition) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Dodge (Democrat) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 59 members
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