The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ADJOURN.
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 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 14 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 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 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — YEA
- Newton Booth (Ind. Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Edward English (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NAY
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Grover Wright (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Madison Harvey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — YEA
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Vital Bogy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — YEA
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — YEA
- 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) — NAY
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Kerr Kelly (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Taylor Caperton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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