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Senate recorded vote (35th Congress) · December 15, 1858

Recorded vote

TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION, THAT THE PRESIDENT BE REQUESTED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE SENATE ANY CORRESPONDENCE, SINCE HIS INAUGURATION, BETWEEN THIS GOVERNMENT AND THAT OF GREAT BRITAIN, AND BE…

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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.

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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 senators voted

In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 3 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no

Missouri 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Texas 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 64 members

Select any member to pull their file.