The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND A RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN ON MARCH 26 UNTIL BOTH FIRST MONDAY IN DECEMBER. THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN WITHOUT DELAY ON SATURDAY THE 31ST AT 3 O'CLOCK. (P. 438-2)
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 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 every one voted no; 4 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 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, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — YEA
- Orris Sanford Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- James Guthrie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NAY
- William Pitt Fessenden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Merritt Howard (Republican) — NAY
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Daniel Drake (Republican) — NAY
- John Brooks Henderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NAY
- James Willis Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Republican) — NAY
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Henry Williams (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Winslow Corbett (Republican) — NAY
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Godwin van Winkle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waitman Thomas Willey (Republican) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 53 members
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