The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SEND FOR ABSENT SENATORS, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON THE RESOLUTION CONTINUING THE SERVICES AND COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN CLERKS FOR SIXTY DAYS AFTER ADJOURNMENT OF THIS SESSION.
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 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Democrat) — YEA
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Slocum Latham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William McKendree Gwin (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lafayette Sabine Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Iverson Sr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Augustus Toombs (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 Jordan Crittenden (American) — NOT VOTING
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Slidell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Judah Philip Benjamin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kinsley Scott Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Trusten Polk (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lanier Clingman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Parker Hale (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Conover ten Eyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Renshaw Thomson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Preston King (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Seward (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Ellis Pugh (Democrat) — YEA
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no
- Joseph Lane (Democrat) — YEA
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, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Murray Mason (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Foot (Republican) — NAY
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Durkee (Republican) — NAY
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 65 members
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