The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO MAKE S. 230, DECLARATORY OF THE ACTS FOR CARRYING INTO EFFECT THE TREATY OF 1819 BETWEEN THE U.S. AND SPAIN, A SPECIAL ORDER FOR MARCH 19, 1860. (P. 981-2)
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 8 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
California 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — YEA
- Lafayette Sabine Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Kennedy (American) — YEA
- James Alfred Pearce (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Fessenden (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Stephen Green (Democrat) — YEA
- Trusten Polk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Parker Hale (Republican) — YEA
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Preston King (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Seward (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Republican) — YEA
- George Ellis Pugh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
- Joseph Lane (Democrat) — NAY
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Durkee (Republican) — YEA
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 65 members
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