The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT A PREVIOUS RESOLUTION TO PRINT A DICTIONARY OF CONGRESS, PASSED FEB. 2, 1864, IS AFFIRMED IN ALL PARTICULARS, SAVE ONLY THE PRICE THEREOF, WHICH IS HEREBY LIMITED TO THE SU…
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 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 10 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: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 3 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: 3 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 6 yes, 7 no, 18 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 3 yes, 3 no, 4 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: 6 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 4 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 3 yes, 11 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 11 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: no member on this roll call
- 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 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cornelius Cole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Bowles Shannon (Republican) — YEA
- William Higby (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Brandegee (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Champion Deming (Republican) — NAY
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Hubbard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Iowa 6 yes, 0 no
Illinois 3 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Murray Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Newton Arnold (Republican) — YEA
- James Cameron Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- James Carroll Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Olds Norton (Republican) — YEA
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — YEA
- John Rice Eden (Democrat) — NAY
- John Todd Stuart (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Winans Ross (Democrat) — NAY
- Owen Lovejoy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Joshua Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 4 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Dumont (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — YEA
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- Henry William Harrington (Democrat) — NAY
- James Addison Cravens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Foster McDowell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Law (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harding (Unionist) — NAY
- Brutus Junius Clay (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- George Helm Yeaman (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Green Clay Smith (Unconditional Unionist) — NAY
- Henry Grider (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Lucien Anderson (Unconditional Unionist) — NAY
- Robert Mallory (Unionist) — NAY
- William Harrison Randall (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Wadsworth (Unionist) — NAY
Massachusetts 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Bassett Alley (Republican) — NAY
- John Denison Baldwin (Republican) — NAY
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Dawes Eliot (Republican) — YEA
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Gwinn Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edwin Hanson Webster (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Thomas (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Winter Davis (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- John Angel James Creswell (Unconditional Unionist) — NAY
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Augustus King (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Franklin Loan (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Unconditional Unionist) — NAY
- Henry Taylor Blow (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- James Sidney Rollins (Unionist) — NAY
- John Guier Scott (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Washington McClurg (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Hall (Unionist) — NAY
New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Marcy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Henry Rollins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Willis Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jackson Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Middleton (Democrat) — NAY
- John Farson Starr (Republican) — NAY
- Nehemiah Perry (Democrat) — NAY
- William Gaston Steele (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 6 yes, 7 no, 18 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Williams Clark (Republican) — YEA
- Anson Herrick (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Frank (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Henry Winfield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Morris (Republican) — YEA
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Ward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NAY
- Freeman Clarke (Republican) — YEA
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry George Stebbins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Homer Augustus Nelson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NAY
- James Madison Marvin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Augustus Griswold (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Benedict Steele (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Ganson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (Democrat) — NAY
- John Winthrop Chanler (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Kalbfleisch (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Fowler Odell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Orlando Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Bruce van Valkenburgh (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Franklin Miller (Republican) — YEA
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Treadwell Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Radford (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 3 yes, 11 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Chilton Allen White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley (Republican) — YEA
- Francis Celeste Le Blond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Bliss (Democrat) — NAY
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — NAY
- James Mitchell Ashley (Republican) — YEA
- James Remley Morris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Franklin McKinney (Democrat) — NAY
- John O'Neill (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Worthington White (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — YEA
- Rufus Paine Spalding (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Warren Perry Noble (Democrat) — NAY
- Wells Andrews Hutchins (Democrat) — NAY
- William Edward Finck (Democrat) — NAY
- William Johnston (Democrat) — NAY
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 11 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (Democrat) — NAY
- Amos Myers (Republican) — YEA
- Archibald McAllister (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Denison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Wells Tracy (Ind. Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Kennedy Moorhead (Republican) — NAY
- James Tracy Hale (Ind. Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Lazear (Democrat) — NAY
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Martin Broomall (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Martin Russell Thayer (Republican) — NAY
- Myer Strouse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Philip Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Stevens (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Williams (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry Miller (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Allen Jenckes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Enoch Woodbridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
- Portus Baxter (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Cobb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Augustus Eldredge (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Sproat Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Duncan McIndoe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 1 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 183 members
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