The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 416, BY STRIKING OUT THE PROVISION CEDING LANDS UNSOLD FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS TO THE STATES IN WHICH THEY LIE UPON THEIR ASSENT THROUGH LEGISLATIVE ACT. (P. 1999-1)
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)
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 S. 416
How each state's senators voted
In 4 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 25 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Slocum Latham (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (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 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Jordan Crittenden (American) — NOT VOTING
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Slidell (Democrat) — NAY
- Judah Philip Benjamin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Kennedy (American) — NOT VOTING
- James Alfred Pearce (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — YEA
- William Pitt Fessenden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Conover ten Eyck (Republican) — YEA
- John Renshaw Thomson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
- Joseph Lane (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — YEA
- James Fowler Simmons (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 65 members
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