The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS A H. RES. PROVIDING FOR A SOUND AND STABLE CURRENCY BY GRANTING THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY POWER NECESSARY TO RESUME SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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 members voted
In 8 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 17 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: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 5 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 9 yes, 0 no
- New York: 18 yes, 5 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 6 yes, 2 no, 3 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: 7 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 12 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 12 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 9 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 8 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 4 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 8 no
- South Carolina: 3 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: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 8 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Burwell Boykin Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hays (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Jeremiah Haralson (Republican) — YEA
- Jeremiah Norman Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
- Taul Bradford (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 4 no
California 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Francis Page (Republican) — YEA
- John King Luttrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Adam Piper (Democrat) — NAY
Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah Thomas Walls (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William James Purman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 8 no
Iowa 7 yes, 2 no
- Ezekiel Silas Sampson (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington McCrary (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Otis Pratt (Republican) — YEA
- James Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- James Wilson McDill (Republican) — YEA
- John Adam Kasson (Republican) — YEA
- John Quincy Tufts (Republican) — YEA
- Lucien Lester Ainsworth (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Addison Oliver (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 5 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Campbell (Independent) — NAY
- Bernard Gregory Caulfield (Democrat) — NAY
- Carter Henry Harrison (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Benjamin Farwell (Republican) — YEA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort (Republican) — NAY
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — YEA
- John Courts Bagby (Democrat) — YEA
- John Rice Eden (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Whiting (Republican) — YEA
- Scott Wike (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — NAY
- William Black Anderson (Independent) — NAY
- William Hartzell (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 0 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Holman Hamilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benoni Stinson Fuller (Democrat) — NAY
- Franklin Landers (Democrat) — NAY
- James Douglas Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- James La Fayette Evans (Republican) — NAY
- Jeptha Dudley New (Democrat) — NAY
- John Harris Baker (Republican) — NAY
- Milton Stapp Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- Morton Craig Hunter (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Cason (Republican) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NAY
- William Summerville Haymond (Democrat) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky 1 yes, 9 no
- Andrew Rechmond Boone (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles William Milliken (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Young Parsons (Democrat) — NAY
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — NAY
- John Blades Clarke (Democrat) — NAY
- John Daugherty White (Republican) — YEA
- John Young Brown (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NAY
- Milton Jameson Durham (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edmund Nash (Republican) — YEA
- Chester Bidwell Darrall (Republican) — YEA
- Ezekiel John Ellis (Democrat) — NAY
- Frank Morey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Mallory Levy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Perkins Thompson (Democrat) — NAY
- Chester William Chapin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lillie Pierce (Republican) — YEA
- John Kemble Tarbox (Democrat) — YEA
- Julius Hawley Seelye (Independent) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus Smith Frost (Republican) — YEA
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — YEA
- William Wirt Warren (Democrat) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Boyle Roberts (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Eli Jones Henkle (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Francis Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Swann (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William James O'Brien (Democrat) — NAY
- William Walsh (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 9 yes, 0 no
- Allen Potter (Democrat) — YEA
- Alpheus Starkey Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- George Harman Durand (Democrat) — YEA
- George Willard (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Waldron (Republican) — YEA
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — YEA
- Nathan Ball Bradley (Republican) — YEA
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- William Brewster Williams (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Burton Strait (Republican) — YEA
- Mark Hill Dunnell (Republican) — YEA
- William Smith King (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Joseph Franklin (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Henry Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
- David Rea (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Charles Kehr (Democrat) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- John Finis Philips (Democrat) — NAY
- John Montgomery Glover (Democrat) — NAY
- Rezin A. de Bolt (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Anthony Hatcher (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Stone (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 0 yes, 8 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus William Cutler (Democrat) — NAY
- Clement Hall Sinnickson (Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Halstead Teese (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Miles Ross (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Hamilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no
New York 18 yes, 5 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Stevens Hewitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Williams (Republican) — YEA
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Albertson Willis (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry Adams (Republican) — YEA
- Clinton Dugald Macdougall (Republican) — YEA
- Edwin Ruthven Meade (Democrat) — NAY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — YEA
- Elias Warner Leavenworth (Republican) — YEA
- Elijah Ward (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Augustus Bagley (Republican) — YEA
- George Gilbert Hoskins (Republican) — YEA
- George Monroe Beebe (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Bleecker Metcalfe (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Harrison Hathorn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Holroyd Bagley Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Madison Davy (Republican) — YEA
- John Osborne Whitehouse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lyman Kidder Bass (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Ingham Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Holmes Odell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Ira Norton (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Franklin Miller (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Scott Lord (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (Ind. Republican) — YEA
- Smith Ely Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Collier Platt (Republican) — YEA
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry Baker (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 4 yes, 12 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Americus Vespucius Rice (Democrat) — NAY
- Ansel Tracy Walling (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Earley Franklin Poppleton (Democrat) — NAY
- Frank Hunt Hurd (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry B. Payne (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Blackstone Banning (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Pitzer Cowan (Democrat) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James Monroe (Republican) — YEA
- John A. McMahon (Democrat) — NAY
- John Luther Vance (Democrat) — NAY
- John Simpson Savage (Democrat) — NAY
- Laurin Dewey Woodworth (Republican) — NAY
- Lawrence Talbot Neal (Democrat) — NAY
- Lorenzo Danford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Milton Isaiah Southard (Democrat) — NAY
- Milton Sayler (Democrat) — NAY
- Nelson Holmes van Vorhes (Republican) — YEA
- William Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- La Fayette Lane (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 7 yes, 12 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alan Wood Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- Albert Gallatin Egbert (Democrat) — NAY
- Alexander Gilmore Cochran (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Chapman Freeman (Republican) — YEA
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Dolan Collins (Democrat) — NAY
- George Augustus Jenks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hiester Clymer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Turney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Bernard Reilly (Democrat) — NAY
- James Herron Hopkins (Democrat) — NAY
- James Sheakley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Black Packer (Republican) — YEA
- John Reilly (Democrat) — NAY
- John Robbins (Democrat) — NAY
- John Winfield Wallace (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Powell (Democrat) — YEA
- Levi Augustus Mackey (Democrat) — NAY
- Levi Maish (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NAY
- Sobieski Ross (Republican) — YEA
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Mutchler (Democrat) — NAY
- William Shearer Stenger (Democrat) — NAY
- Winthrop Welles Ketchum (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 1 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — NAY
- Haywood Yancey Riddle (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Casey Young (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh (Republican) — YEA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — NAY
- John Ford House (Democrat) — NAY
- John Morgan Bright (Democrat) — NAY
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William McFarland (Democrat) — NAY
- William Parker Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 1 yes, 8 no
- Beverly Browne Douglas (Democrat) — NAY
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — NAY
- Gilbert Carlton Walker (Democrat) — NAY
- John Goode Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — NAY
- John Thomas Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Harrison Stowell (Republican) — YEA
- William Terry (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 3 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alanson Mellen Kimball (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Cate (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Sterling Magoon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah McLain Rusk (Republican) — YEA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Dickinson Burchard (Democrat) — NAY
- William Pitt Lynde (Democrat) — NAY
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Wilson (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hereford (Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 290 members
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