The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO RECEIVE THE PETITIONS RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ACTION AGAINST ANY DISCRIMINATION IN THE LAWS CONCERNING NEWSPAPERS NOT WHOLLY PRINTED IN ONE COUNTRY, AND THE PETITION OF JOHN ALSOP, HEIR OF THOMAS JENKINS, D…
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 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Goldthwaite (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Eugene Casserly (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
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, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Rodman West (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NAY
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Ramsey (Republican) — NAY
- William Windom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (Republican) — NAY
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Kerr Kelly (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NAY
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sprague (Liberal Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
- William Gannaway Brownlow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Francis Lewis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 72 members
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