The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE H.R. 2667, A BILL TO GIVE A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR INJURIES IN CERTAIN CASES. (P. 1368-1)
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
Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.
How each state's members voted
In 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 14 every one voted no; 16 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 8 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 8 yes, 9 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 10 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 3 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Eliab Buck (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Hays (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Waldron Buckley (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Myndert Dox (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Stell Heflin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Crawford Sherrod (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 0 yes, 3 no
California 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NAY
- James Augustus Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Beach Axtell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Howard Starkweather (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Levi Strong (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Wright Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no
Georgia 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Iowa 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Illinois 2 yes, 8 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — YEA
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — NAY
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — NAY
- Jesse Hale Moore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NAY
- John Baldwin Hawley (Republican) — NAY
- John Breese Hay (Republican) — YEA
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — NAY
- John Montgomery Crebs (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — NAY
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thompson Ware McNeely (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 4 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — NAY
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Noble Tyner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jasper Packard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Coburn (Republican) — NAY
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — NAY
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — YEA
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
- William Williams (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 3 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Boyd Winchester (Democrat) — YEA
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — YEA
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John McConnell Rice (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Horace Lewis (Democrat) — NAY
- Lawrence Strother Trimble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- William Northcut Sweeney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Morey (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Hale Sypher (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Parkinson Newsham (Republican) — NAY
- Lionel Allen Sheldon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NAY
- George Merrick Brooks (Republican) — NAY
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NAY
- James Buffinton (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NAY
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- Patrick Hamill (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hambleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Swann (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — YEA
- John Andrew Peters (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Lynch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Plummer Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morton Smith Wilkinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 4 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Patterson Dyer (Republican) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NAY
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (Republican) — YEA
- James Robinson McCormick (Democrat) — YEA
- Joel Funk Asper (Republican) — NAY
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no
- John Taffe (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Benton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Hart Ela (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Haight (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Taylor Bird (Democrat) — YEA
- Orestes Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Moore (Republican) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Fitch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 8 yes, 9 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — YEA
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (Republican) — YEA
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Horace Holmes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Knapp (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Clarkson Nott Potter (Democrat) — YEA
- David Smith Bennett (Republican) — NAY
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Cowles (Republican) — NAY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Augustus Reeves (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Warner Slocum (Democrat) — YEA
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (Democrat) — YEA
- James Brooks (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ashley Griswold (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — NAY
- John Fisher (Republican) — NAY
- John Fox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — NAY
- Porter Sheldon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Sanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 4 yes, 10 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Erasmus Darwin Peck (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob A. Ambler (Republican) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — NAY
- James January Winans (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Job Evans Stevenson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Armstrong Smith (Republican) — NAY
- John Beatty (Republican) — NAY
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- Martin Welker (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Wilson Strader (Democrat) — YEA
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hanford Upson (Republican) — NAY
- William Lawrence (Republican) — NAY
- William Mungen (Democrat) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Showalter Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 8 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Darwin Phelps (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Woodward (Democrat) — YEA
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — YEA
- James Scott Negley (Republican) — NAY
- John Black Packer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Cessna (Republican) — NAY
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Benton Donley (Republican) — NAY
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver James Dickey (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — YEA
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — YEA
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Hepburn Armstrong (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Allen Jenckes (Republican) — NAY
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace (Republican) — NAY
- Christopher Columbus Bowen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hayne Rainey (Republican) — NAY
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Maynard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Tillman (Republican) — NAY
- Roderick Randum Butler (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Mayes Arnell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Brickly Stokes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Farrand Prosser (Republican) — NAY
- William Jay Smith (Republican) — NAY
Texas 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Degener (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Whitmore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Coggswell Conner (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Clark (Republican) — NAY
Virginia 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Howell Porter (Republican) — NAY
- George William Booker (Conservative) — NAY
- James Henry Platt Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- James King Gibson (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis McKenzie (Conservative) — NAY
- Richard Small Ayer (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke (Conservative) — YEA
- William Milnes Jr. (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Cobb (Republican) — NAY
- Cadwallader Colden Washburn (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Augustus Eldredge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Atwood (Republican) — NAY
- Halbert Eleazer Paine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philetus Sawyer (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Harding Duval (Republican) — NAY
- James Clark McGrew (Republican) — NAY
- John Seashoal Witcher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 241 members
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