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House recorded vote (38th Congress) · December 7, 1863

Recorded vote

TO ELECT A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 38TH CONGRESS, S. COLFAX (REP.) V.S. S. COX (DEM.). VOTES FOR COX ARE CODED 2, VOTES FOR COLFAX ARE CODED 1. OTHER CANDIDATES INCLUDE J. DAWSON (DEM.)…

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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The map

How each state's members voted

In 17 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 7 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 13 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 6 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 6 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 16 yes, 2 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 10 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 6 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 10 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 18 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 11 no
  24. New Jersey: 5 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 3 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 4 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: no member on this roll call
  41. North Carolina: no member on this roll call
  42. South Carolina: no member on this roll call
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: no member on this roll call
  46. Mississippi: no member on this roll call
  47. Alabama: no member on this roll call
  48. Georgia: no member on this roll call
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. 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.

Kansas 1 yes, 0 no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 184 members

Select any member to pull their file.