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TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT #2 TO H.R. 6, (11 STAT. 310 APP. 6-5-58), A BILL TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC EXPENSES FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1859, WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES A PROVISION …
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Every roll call on H.R. 6
How each state's members voted
In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 13 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: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 3 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 6 yes, 14 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 9 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: 6 yes, 5 no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 10 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 9 yes, 6 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 9 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 3 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 4 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 4 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 6 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 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 5 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Burton Greenwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Allen Warren (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Lewis Scott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Chambers McKibbin (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ezra Clark Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Arnold (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Dean (Republican) — NAY
- William Darius Bishop (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 6 yes, 2 no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Romaldus Wright (Democrat) — YEA
- James Jackson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lindsay Seward (Democrat) — YEA
- Joshua Hill (American) — NAY
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell (Democrat) — YEA
- Martin Jenkins Crawford (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Pleasant Trippe (American) — NAY
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Ryan Curtis (Republican) — NAY
- Timothy Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 3 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Shaw (Democrat) — YEA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Republican) — NAY
- Isaac Newton Morris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — NAY
- Owen Lovejoy (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Langrell Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- William Kellogg (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 6 yes, 5 no
- Charles Case (Republican) — NAY
- David Kilgore (Republican) — NAY
- James Bradford Foley (Democrat) — YEA
- James Hughes (Democrat) — YEA
- James Madison Gregg (Democrat) — YEA
- James Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- John Givan Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- John Upfold Pettit (Republican) — NAY
- Schuyler Colfax (Republican) — NAY
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hayden English (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 5 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Talbott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cornelius Burnett (Democrat) — YEA
- Humphrey Marshall (American) — NOT VOTING
- James Brown Clay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Calvin Mason (Democrat) — YEA
- John Milton Elliott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — YEA
- Joshua Husband Jewett (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Oldham Peyton (Democrat) — YEA
- Warner Lewis Underwood (American) — NAY
Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eustis Jr. (American) — YEA
- John Milton Sandidge (Democrat) — YEA
- Miles Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Green Davidson (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 0 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anson Burlingame (Republican) — NAY
- Calvin Clifford Chaffee (Republican) — NAY
- Chauncey Langdon Knapp (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (Republican) — NAY
- Eli Thayer (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NAY
- James Buffinton (Republican) — NAY
- Linus Bacon Comins (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Bernard Hall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Davis (Republican) — NAY
- William Shapleigh Damrell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Michael Cavanaugh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Phelps (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Anthony Quitman (Democrat) — YEA
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Barksdale (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Moore Scales (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis Burton Craige (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Marchmore Shaw (Democrat) — YEA
- John Adams Gilmer (American) — NAY
- Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ruffin (Democrat) — YEA
- Warren Winslow (Democrat) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NAY
- James Pike (Republican) — NAY
- Mason Weare Tappan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Garnett Bowditch Adrain (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Robbins Robbins (Republican) — NAY
- Isaiah Dunn Clawson (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Reynier Wortendyke (Democrat) — YEA
- John Huyler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 6 yes, 14 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Baldwin Olin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ambrose Spencer Murray (Republican) — NAY
- Amos Phelps Granger (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Brooks Hoard (Republican) — NAY
- Clark Betton Cochrane (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Dodd (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Barber Morgan (Republican) — NAY
- Elijah Ward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Bemsley Pottle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Erastus Corning (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis Elias Spinner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George William Palmer (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Bennett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Charles Goodwin (Republican) — NAY
- Horace Francis Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Israel Thompson Hatch (Democrat) — YEA
- John Alexander Searing (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Bussing Haskin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Cochrane (Democrat) — YEA
- John Kelly (Democrat) — YEA
- John Mason Parker (Republican) — NAY
- John Thompson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Judson W. Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Oliver Andrew Morse (Republican) — NAY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Republican) — NAY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel George Andrews (Republican) — NAY
- Silas Mainville Burroughs (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Brown Maclay (Democrat) — YEA
- William Fiero Russell (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 4 yes, 10 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harlan (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Leiter (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Stanton (Republican) — NAY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham (Democrat) — YEA
- Cydnor Bailey Tompkins (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Wade (Republican) — NAY
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Burns (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Miller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Randolph Cockerill (Democrat) — YEA
- Joshua Reed Giddings (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Washington Hall (Democrat) — YEA
- Matthias H. Nichols (Republican) — NAY
- Philemon Bliss (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Mott (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — YEA
- Valentine Baxter Horton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lawrence (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Slocum Groesbeck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 9 yes, 6 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Allison White (Democrat) — YEA
- Anthony Ellmaker Roberts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Ritchie (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Joy Morris (Republican) — NAY
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Chapman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Myer Phillips (Democrat) — YEA
- James Landy (Democrat) — YEA
- James Lisle Gillis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jehu Glancy Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- John Alexander Ahl (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Christian Kunkel (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Covode (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hickman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rufus Edie (Republican) — NAY
- Owen Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Leidy (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Anderson Purviance (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Birch Florence (Democrat) — YEA
- William Harrison Dimmick (Democrat) — YEA
- William Lewis Dewart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Montgomery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Stewart (Republican) — NAY
- Wilson Reilly (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Orr (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John McQueen (Democrat) — YEA
- Laurence Massillon Keitt (Democrat) — YEA
- Milledge Luke Bonham (Democrat) — YEA
- William Porcher Miles (Democrat) — YEA
- William Waters Boyce (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 4 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Galiton Watkins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Ready (American) — NAY
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer (American) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Horace Maynard (American) — NAY
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — YEA
- John Houston Savage (Democrat) — YEA
- John Vines Wright (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Axley Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- William Tecumsah Avery (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Guy Morrison Bryan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henninger Reagan (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 9 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Jenkins (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Hopkins (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Letcher (Democrat) — YEA
- John Samuels Caskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Singleton Millson (Democrat) — YEA
- Muscoe Russell Hunter Garnett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paulus Powell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sherrard Clemens (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Osborne Goode (Democrat) — YEA
- William Smith (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 3 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Every vote, by name — 236 members
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