The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO RESCIND AND REPEAL THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE HOUSE WHICH ORDERED THAT THE CLERK PROCURE 100 COPIES OF THE ANNALS OF CONGRESS AND THE REGISTER OF DEBATES. (P.2621-1)
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)
How each state's members voted
In 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 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 members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 0 no
- New York: 11 yes, 6 no, 16 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 7 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 6 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 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: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 0 yes, 4 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: no member on this roll call
- South Carolina: no member on this roll call
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- Florida: no member on this roll call
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
California 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Avery Burnham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dwight Loomis (Republican) — YEA
- George Catlin Woodruff (Democrat) — YEA
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Purnell Fisher (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- William Vandever (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp (Democrat) — YEA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Newton Arnold (Republican) — YEA
- James Carroll Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Owen Lovejoy (Republican) — YEA
- Philip Bond Fouke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Joshua Allen (Democrat) — YEA
- William Kellogg (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Porter (Republican) — YEA
- Albert Smith White (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — YEA
- James Addison Cravens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Law (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — YEA
- Schuyler Colfax (Republican) — YEA
- William McKee Dunn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Mitchell (Republican) — YEA
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Martin Franklin Conway (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harding (Unionist) — NAY
- Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Unionist) — NAY
- George Washington Dunlap (Unionist) — NAY
- Henry Grider (Unionist) — NAY
- James Streshly Jackson (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- John Jordan Crittenden (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- John William Menzies (Unionist) — NAY
- Robert Mallory (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Lewis Casey (Unionist) — NAY
- William Henry Wadsworth (Unionist) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Thomas (Unionist) — NAY
- Charles Delano (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Russell Train (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Buffinton (Republican) — YEA
- John Bassett Alley (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Dawes Eliot (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Benedict Calvert (Unionist) — NAY
- Cornelius Lawrence Ludlow Leary (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Edwin Hanson Webster (Unionist) — NAY
- Francis Thomas (Unionist) — NAY
- Henry May (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- John Woodland Crisfield (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Maine 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 4 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Elijah Hise Norton (Democrat) — NAY
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- James Sidney Rollins (Constitutional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- John Smith Phelps (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Noell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lawson Price (Democrat) — NAY
- William Augustus Hall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Henry Rollins (Republican) — YEA
- Gilman Marston (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McKey Edwards (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 11 yes, 6 no, 16 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Baldwin Olin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Samuel Diven (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Ely (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ambrose Williams Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Augustus Frank (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Wood (Democrat) — NAY
- Burt van Horn (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Baldwin Sedgwick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Chauncey Vibbard (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Haight (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Henry Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (Republican) — YEA
- Elijah Ward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Erastus Corning (Democrat) — NAY
- Frederick Augustus Conkling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Clason Delaplaine (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Payson Chamberlain (Republican) — YEA
- James Bedell McKean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Kerrigan (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- John Benedict Steele (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Fowler Odell (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Franchot (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Bruce van Valkenburgh (Republican) — YEA
- Rodolphus Holland Duell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — YEA
- Socrates Norton Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Baker (Republican) — YEA
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Esselstyne Lansing (Republican) — YEA
- William Wall (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 7 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Gallatin Riddle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Carey Allen Trimble (Republican) — YEA
- Chilton Allen White (Democrat) — NAY
- Clement Laird Vallandigham (Democrat) — NAY
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Harrison Gray Otis Blake (Republican) — YEA
- James Mitchell Ashley (Republican) — YEA
- James Remley Morris (Democrat) — NAY
- John Addison Gurley (Republican) — YEA
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hutchins (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Almgill Harrison (Unionist) — NAY
- Robert Hunter Nugen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Shellabarger (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Thomas Worcester (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Edgerton (Republican) — YEA
- Valentine Baxter Horton (Republican) — NAY
- Warren Perry Noble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Parker Cutler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 6 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Charles John Biddle (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward McPherson (Republican) — NAY
- Elijah Babbitt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Hepburn Campbell (Republican) — YEA
- James Kennedy Moorhead (Republican) — NAY
- James Tracy Hale (Republican) — NAY
- Jesse Lazear (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Covode (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hickman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Patton (Republican) — YEA
- John Paul Verree (Republican) — YEA
- John Weinland Killinger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Winfield Wallace (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert McKnight (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Steel Blair (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Stevens (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Eckart Lehman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Davis (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Huntington Browne (Union) — YEA
- William Paine Sheffield (Union) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 4 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eliakim Persons Walton (Republican) — NAY
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
- Portus Baxter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 3 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 177 members
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