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Senate recorded vote (35th Congress) · May 31, 1858

Recorded vote

TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE RECENT AGGRESSIONS BY BRITISH CRUISERS ON THE COMMERCE OF THE U.S.

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 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 8 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, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 2 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, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 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.

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

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

Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

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

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

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

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

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

Vermont 1 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 64 members

Select any member to pull their file.