The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF H.J.R. 52. (P. 799)
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 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 9 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, 2 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Powell Clayton (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Madison Harvey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — YEA
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sharon (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 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Angus Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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