The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H. R. 26, (13 STAT. L. 11) A BILL PROVIDING FOR REVISION OF THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GENERAL.
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 senators voted
In 0 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 every one voted no; 3 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NAY
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Smith Lane (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henry Lane (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reverdy Johnson (Unionist) — NAY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Ramsey (Republican) — NAY
- Morton Smith Wilkinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew (Democrat) — NAY
- Edgar Cowan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sprague (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 49 members
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