The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ADOPT RESOLUTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE U. S., AND THE CHIEFS, HEADMEN AND DELEGATES OF THE WALLA WALLA, CAYUSES AND UMATILLA TRIBES OF INDIANS, SIGNED JUNE 9, 1855.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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)
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 4 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lafayette Sabine Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Levy Yulee (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Burton Thompson (American) — NAY
- 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Kennedy (American) — YEA
- James Alfred Pearce (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Fessenden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Stuart (Democrat) — YEA
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Mower Rice (Democrat) — YEA
- James Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Trusten Polk (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Parker Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Preston King (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Seward (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Bigler (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Fowler Simmons (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philip Allen (Democrat) — NAY
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Peronneau Hayne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Henry Hammond (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
- Andrew Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Bell (American) — YEA
Texas 1 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Foot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Durkee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 63 members
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