The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.J. RES. 170, 3/3/65, A JOINT RESOLUTION DECLARING AND DEFINING THE MEANING OF THE LAW IN REGARD TO OFFICERS' SERVANTS. (P. 1412-3)
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
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Every roll call on HJR170
How each state's members voted
In 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 12 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 2 no
- New York: 12 yes, 9 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 5 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 11 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 3 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 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 3 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Brandegee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Champion Deming (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Hubbard (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Iowa 5 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Lausett Knapp (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Murray Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — NAY
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne (Republican) — NAY
- Isaac Newton Arnold (Republican) — YEA
- James Cameron Allen (Democrat) — NAY
- James Carroll Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Olds Norton (Republican) — NAY
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — NAY
- John Rice Eden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Todd Stuart (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Winans Ross (Democrat) — NAY
- William Joshua Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Dumont (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- Henry William Harrington (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Addison Cravens (Democrat) — NAY
- James Foster McDowell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Law (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Ketchum Edgerton (Democrat) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NAY
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harding (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Brutus Junius Clay (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- George Helm Yeaman (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Green Clay Smith (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- Henry Grider (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Lucien Anderson (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Mallory (Unionist) — NAY
- William Harrison Randall (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- William Henry Wadsworth (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 8 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Rice (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (Republican) — YEA
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
- John Bassett Alley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Denison Baldwin (Republican) — YEA
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Dawes Eliot (Republican) — YEA
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Maine 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Augustus Pike (Republican) — YEA
- James Gillespie Blaine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hovey Rice (Republican) — YEA
- Lorenzo De Medici Sweat (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Sidney Perham (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 4 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ignatius Donnelly (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Windom (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Augustus King (Unionist) — YEA
- Benjamin Franklin Loan (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Taylor Blow (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- James Sidney Rollins (Unionist) — YEA
- John Guier Scott (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Washington McClurg (Unconditional Unionist) — YEA
- Samuel Knox (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Unconditional Unionist) — NAY
- William Augustus Hall (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Marcy (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Henry Rollins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Willis Patterson (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jackson Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Middleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Farson Starr (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nehemiah Perry (Democrat) — NAY
- William Gaston Steele (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no
New York 12 yes, 9 no, 9 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) — NOT VOTING
- De Witt Clinton Littlejohn (Republican) — YEA
- Dwight Townsend (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elijah Ward (Democrat) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Freeman Clarke (Republican) — YEA
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NAY
- Homer Augustus Nelson (Democrat) — NAY
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NAY
- James Madison Marvin (Republican) — YEA
- John Augustus Griswold (Democrat) — YEA
- John Benedict Steele (Democrat) — NAY
- John Ganson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Winthrop Chanler (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Kalbfleisch (Democrat) — NAY
- Moses Fowler Odell (Democrat) — YEA
- Orlando Kellogg (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Bruce van Valkenburgh (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Franklin Miller (Republican) — YEA
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Treadwell Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Radford (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 4 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Long (Democrat) — NAY
- Chilton Allen White (Democrat) — NAY
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley (Republican) — YEA
- Francis Celeste Le Blond (Democrat) — NAY
- George Bliss (Democrat) — NAY
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James Mitchell Ashley (Republican) — YEA
- James Remley Morris (Democrat) — NAY
- John Franklin McKinney (Democrat) — NAY
- John O'Neill (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Worthington White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — YEA
- Rufus Paine Spalding (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Warren Perry Noble (Democrat) — NAY
- Wells Andrews Hutchins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Edward Finck (Democrat) — NAY
- William Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rogers McBride (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 10 yes, 11 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (Democrat) — NAY
- Amos Myers (Republican) — YEA
- Archibald McAllister (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Denison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — YEA
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Wells Tracy (Ind. Republican) — NAY
- James Kennedy Moorhead (Republican) — YEA
- James Tracy Hale (Ind. Republican) — NAY
- Jesse Lazear (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
- John Littleton Dawson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Martin Broomall (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Bailey (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Russell Thayer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Myer Strouse (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NAY
- Sydenham Elnathan Ancona (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Stevens (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Williams (Republican) — YEA
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry Miller (Democrat) — NAY
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Cobb (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Augustus Eldredge (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ithamar Conkey Sloan (Republican) — YEA
- James Sproat Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Walter Duncan McIndoe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Every vote, by name — 183 members
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