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TO SUSPEND RULES AND CONSIDER H.R. 1846, (21 STAT. 287, 6/16/80), A BILL PROVIDING THAT WHEN THE GOVT. HAS FULLY PAID FOR PUBLIC LANDS, NO SUIT MAY BE BROUGHT FOR AN ACCOUNT OF ANY MATERIAL TAKEN FROM SUCH LAN…
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Every roll call on H.R. 1846
How each state's members voted
In 12 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 15 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 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: 2 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 5 yes, 11 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 10 yes, 10 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 6 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 10 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
- California: 2 yes, 2 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 10 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 7 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 4 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 8 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 5 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 6 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 8 yes, 0 no
- Burwell Boykin Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Miller Shelley (Democrat) — YEA
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Hord Herndon (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — YEA
- William James Samford (Democrat) — YEA
- William Manning Lowe (National Greenbacker) — YEA
Arkansas 4 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 2 no
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burns Belford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 3 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Livingston Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 5 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Speer (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Persons (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — NAY
- John Calhoun Nicholls (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Cook (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ephraim Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrell Felton (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) — YEA
- Edward Hooker Gillette (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Hiram Price (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Baird Weaver (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Ayers McCoid (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — YEA
- William Fletcher Sapp (Republican) — YEA
- William George Thompson (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 5 yes, 11 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democrat) — NAY
- Albert Palaska Forsythe (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — NAY
- George Royal Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Washington Singleton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Crocker Sherwin (Republican) — NAY
- John Robert Thomas (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NAY
- Philip Cornelius Hayes (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Wellington Townshend (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Alexander Boyd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- William Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — YEA
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 6 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Jonathan Hostetler (Democrat) — NAY
- Calvin Cowgill (Republican) — NAY
- George Augustus Bicknell (Democrat) — YEA
- Gilbert de la Matyr (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- Jeptha Dudley New (Democrat) — YEA
- John Harris Baker (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas McLelland Browne (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Reed Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick (Democrat) — NAY
- William Heilman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Calkins (Republican) — YEA
- William Ralph Myers (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Dudley Chase Haskell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Anderson (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Ryan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 7 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Shelby Willis (Democrat) — YEA
- Elijah Conner Phister (Democrat) — YEA
- James Andrew McKenzie (Democrat) — YEA
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Caldwell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Turner (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Turner (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward White Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ezekiel John Ellis (Democrat) — YEA
- John Floyd King (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Barton Elam (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Hayes Acklen (Democrat) — YEA
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Norcross (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — NAY
- George Bailey Loring (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Dexter Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- Leopold Morse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman (Republican) — NAY
- Walbridge Abner Field (Republican) — NAY
- William Augustus Russell (Republican) — NAY
- William Claflin (Republican) — NAY
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Whitney Rice (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Maynadier Henry (Democrat) — YEA
- Eli Jones Henkle (Democrat) — YEA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (Democrat) — YEA
- Milton George Urner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Kimmel (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Ladd (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Decatur Lindsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Brackett Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thompson Henry Murch (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Willits (Republican) — NAY
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — NAY
- John Stoughton Newberry (Republican) — NAY
- John Wesley Stone (Republican) — NAY
- Jonas Hartzell McGowan (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Mark Spencer Brewer (Republican) — NAY
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — NAY
- Roswell Gilbert Horr (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 1 no
Missouri 10 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — YEA
- Gideon Frank Rothwell (Democrat) — YEA
- James Richard Waddill (Democrat) — YEA
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- John Finis Philips (Democrat) — YEA
- Lowndes Henry Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Martin Linn Clardy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Ford (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Richard Graham Frost (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Locke Sawyer (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Moore Scales (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Lindsay Russell (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Joseph John Martin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Jonathan Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Brank Vance (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Franklin Armfield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Leak Steele (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hodges Kitchin (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Evarts Worcester Farr (Republican) — NAY
- James Frankland Briggs (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Gilman Hall (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alvah Augustus Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry Voorhis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Maxwell Robeson (Republican) — NAY
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lauris Blake (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Alexander Brigham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Miles Ross (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 10 yes, 10 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Amaziah Bailey James (Republican) — NAY
- Anson George McCook (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — YEA
- Cyrus Dan Prescott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel O'Reilly (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- David Plunket Richardson (Republican) — NAY
- David Wilber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edwin Einstein (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — NAY
- Henry van Aernam (Republican) — NAY
- James O'Brien (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Way Covert (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hammond (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Camp (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Starin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Mosher Bailey (Republican) — NAY
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — YEA
- John William Ferdon (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Mason (Republican) — NAY
- Levi Parsons Morton (Republican) — YEA
- Nicholas Muller (Democrat) — YEA
- Ray Vaughn Pierce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Crowley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (Republican) — NAY
- Waldo Hutchins (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Abbott Wood (Republican) — NAY
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lounsbery (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 2 yes, 6 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- Adoniram Judson Warner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Amos Townsend (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Le Fevre (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ebenezer Byron Finley (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Hunt Hurd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Leroy Converse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Geddes (Democrat) — YEA
- Gibson Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Luther Dickey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Safford Neal (Republican) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Monroe (Republican) — NAY
- John A. McMahon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Warren Keifer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ewing (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) — NAY
- William David Hill (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKinley Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Whiteaker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 10 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (Democrat) — YEA
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — YEA
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Overton Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry White (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiester Clymer (Democrat) — NAY
- Horatio Gates Fisher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James H. Osmer (Republican) — NAY
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Walker Ryon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Weinland Killinger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Morgan Ringland Wise (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Reuben Knecht Bachman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Klotz (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Russell Errett (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Bernard Dick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Seth Hartman Yocum (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McKee Bayne (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Godshalk (Republican) — NAY
- William Shadrack Shallenberger (Republican) — NAY
- William Ward (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou (Republican) — NAY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 5 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Bryson Simonton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — YEA
- Hiram Casey Young (Democrat) — YEA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ford House (Democrat) — YEA
- John Morgan Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leonidas Campbell Houk (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Love Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 6 yes, 0 no
Virginia 4 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Buchanan Richmond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Goode Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Thomas Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Gabriel Bouck (Democrat) — NAY
- George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Leon Humphrey (Republican) — NAY
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Victor Deuster (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 2 yes, 1 no
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