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Senate recorded vote (34th Congress) · June 23, 1856

Recorded vote

TO DECIDE WHETHER A LETTER FROM GEORGE SUMNER RELATIVE TO THE ASSAULT ON CHARLES SUMNER SHALL BE READ.

Other
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 map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

California 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Michigan 2 yes, 0 no

Missouri 1 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 59 members

Select any member to pull their file.