The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H. R. 200 BY CONSTRUING AND DECLARING THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THE 5TH AND 8TH SECTIONS OF THE ACT 1841-1857 (CIVIL EXPENSES) ARE TO DIRECT THE SEC. OF TREASURY TO PAY SURVEYORS OF PORTS PERFORMING THE …
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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)
What was on the floor
Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.
Every roll call on H.R. 200
How each state's senators voted
In 6 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 6 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Colbreth Broderick (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Martin Waltham Bates (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Levy Yulee (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse David Bright (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Burton Thompson (American) — NOT VOTING
- John Jordan Crittenden (American) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Kennedy (American) — NOT VOTING
- James Alfred Pearce (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — YEA
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Mower Rice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Settle Reid (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Renshaw Thomson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wright (Democrat) — NAY
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Preston King (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Seward (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne (Democrat) — NAY
- James Henry Hammond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Bell (American) — NAY
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Pinckney Henderson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Houston (American) — YEA
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Republican) — NAY
- Solomon Foot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Durkee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 64 members
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