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House recorded vote (35th Congress) · February 5, 1858

Recorded vote

TO AMEND A RESOLUTION ON THE OHIO CONTESTED ELECTION SO AS TO EXTEND TO LEWIS CAMPBELL AND CLEMENT VALLANDIGHAM AN ADDITIONAL 40 DAYS TO TAKE SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE IN THE MEMORIAL OF C.L. VALLANDIGHAM, CONTEST…

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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 map

How each state's members voted

In 8 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 12 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: 6 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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: 6 yes, 3 no
  11. Wisconsin: 3 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 4 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 19 yes, 8 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 11 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 7 yes, 4 no
  22. Ohio: 11 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 13 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 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, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 8 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 11 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 3 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, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 7 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 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, 4 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 5 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 7 no, 1 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.

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 235 members

Select any member to pull their file.