The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
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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 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 10 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no
- Illinois: 8 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 5 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 11 yes, 0 no, 22 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 4 yes, 0 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 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: 6 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 3 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 6 yes, 6 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 3 no, 17 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no, 3 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, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Miller Shelley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hord Herndon (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — NAY
- William James Samford (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Manning Lowe (National Greenbacker) — YEA
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Jordan Edgar Cravens (Democrat) — NAY
- Poindexter Dunn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Montague Gunter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Ferguson Slemons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Campbell Polson Berry (Democrat) — NAY
- Horace Davis (Republican) — YEA
- Horace Francis Page (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burns Belford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Miles (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Phelps (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Turner Wait (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Noble Andrew Hull (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Speer (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Persons (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — NAY
- John Calhoun Nicholls (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Job Hammond (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Cook (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ephraim Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Harrell Felton (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 6 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) — YEA
- Edward Hooker Gillette (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Price (Republican) — YEA
- James Baird Weaver (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Ayers McCoid (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — YEA
- William Fletcher Sapp (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William George Thompson (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 8 yes, 4 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democrat) — NAY
- Albert Palaska Forsythe (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — YEA
- George Royal Davis (Republican) — YEA
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort (Republican) — YEA
- Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- James Washington Singleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Crocker Sherwin (Republican) — YEA
- John Robert Thomas (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philip Cornelius Hayes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Wellington Townshend (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Alexander Boyd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Aldrich (Republican) — YEA
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 3 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Jonathan Hostetler (Democrat) — NAY
- Calvin Cowgill (Republican) — YEA
- George Augustus Bicknell (Democrat) — NAY
- Gilbert de la Matyr (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jeptha Dudley New (Democrat) — NAY
- John Harris Baker (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas McLelland Browne (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Reed Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick (Democrat) — NAY
- William Heilman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Calkins (Republican) — YEA
- William Ralph Myers (Democrat) — NAY
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dudley Chase Haskell (Republican) — YEA
- John Alexander Anderson (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Ryan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Shelby Willis (Democrat) — NAY
- Elijah Conner Phister (Democrat) — NAY
- James Andrew McKenzie (Democrat) — NAY
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John William Caldwell (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NAY
- Oscar Turner (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Turner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Edward White Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ezekiel John Ellis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Floyd King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Barton Elam (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hayes Acklen (Democrat) — NAY
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 4 yes, 0 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Norcross (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Bailey Loring (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Dexter Robinson (Republican) — YEA
- Leopold Morse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman (Republican) — YEA
- Walbridge Abner Field (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Russell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Claflin (Republican) — YEA
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Whitney Rice (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Maynadier Henry (Democrat) — NAY
- Eli Jones Henkle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Milton George Urner (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Kimmel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 5 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Willits (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Stoughton Newberry (Republican) — YEA
- John Wesley Stone (Republican) — YEA
- Jonas Hartzell McGowan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — YEA
- Mark Spencer Brewer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- Roswell Gilbert Horr (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 2 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — NAY
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Gideon Frank Rothwell (Democrat) — NAY
- James Richard Waddill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- John Finis Philips (Democrat) — NAY
- Lowndes Henry Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Linn Clardy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Ford (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Graham Frost (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Locke Sawyer (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Hooker (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Ronald Chalmers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Vannoy Hartrog Manning (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 3 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Moore Scales (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Lindsay Russell (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph John Martin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Jonathan Davis (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Brank Vance (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Franklin Armfield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Leak Steele (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hodges Kitchin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Kimble Valentine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alvah Augustus Clark (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Henry Voorhis (Republican) — YEA
- George Maxwell Robeson (Republican) — YEA
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lauris Blake (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Alexander Brigham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Miles Ross (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rollin Mallory Daggett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 11 yes, 0 no, 22 did not vote yes or no
- Amaziah Bailey James (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Anson George McCook (Republican) — YEA
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus Dan Prescott (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel O'Reilly (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Plunket Richardson (Republican) — YEA
- David Wilber (Republican) — YEA
- Edwin Einstein (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — YEA
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — YEA
- Henry van Aernam (Republican) — YEA
- James O'Brien (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Way Covert (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — YEA
- John Hammond (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Camp (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Starin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Mosher Bailey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — YEA
- John William Ferdon (Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Scoville (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Mason (Republican) — YEA
- Levi Parsons Morton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Muller (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Crowley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waldo Hutchins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Abbott Wood (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lounsbery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 6 yes, 6 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Adoniram Judson Warner (Democrat) — NAY
- Amos Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Le Fevre (Democrat) — NAY
- Ebenezer Byron Finley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hunt Hurd (Democrat) — NAY
- George Leroy Converse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Geddes (Democrat) — NAY
- Gibson Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Luther Dickey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Safford Neal (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Monroe (Republican) — YEA
- John A. McMahon (Democrat) — NAY
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Warren Keifer (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Ewing (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William David Hill (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKinley Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Whiteaker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 6 yes, 3 no, 17 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (Democrat) — NAY
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Overton Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry White (Republican) — YEA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiester Clymer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Horatio Gates Fisher (Republican) — YEA
- James H. Osmer (Republican) — YEA
- 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) — NAY
- Russell Errett (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Bernard Dick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Seth Hartman Yocum (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McKee Bayne (Republican) — YEA
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Godshalk (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Shadrack Shallenberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Ward (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Latimer Whipple Ballou (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Wyatt Aiken (Democrat) — NAY
- George Dionysius Tillman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hamilton Evins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Smythe Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Patrick O'Connor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Bryson Simonton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — NAY
- Hiram Casey Young (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Ford House (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Morgan Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leonidas Campbell Houk (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Love Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Christopher Columbus Upson (Democrat) — NAY
- David Browning Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Jones (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- John Henninger Reagan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Olin Wellborn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roger Quarles Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — NAY
- James Buchanan Richmond (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Goode Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — NAY
- John Thomas Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bradley Barlow (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Herbert Joyce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Manning Tyler (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Gabriel Bouck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Herman Leon Humphrey (Republican) — YEA
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Victor Deuster (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 290 members
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