The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION OF WILLIAM M. EVARTS OF NEW YORK AS SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES IN PLACE OF HAMILTON FISH WHO RESIGNED, AND WHOSE RESIGNATION SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS SOON AS HIS SUCCESSOR…
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 30 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 1 every one voted no; 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 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: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — YEA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — YEA
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — YEA
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Vital Bogy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — YEA
- Theodore Fitz Randolph (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — YEA
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Edmund Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — YEA
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
- Angus Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Hereford (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 72 members
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