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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 4 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 25 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 2 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: 3 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 11 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 5 yes, 4 no
- New York: 7 yes, 18 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 5 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 9 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 9 yes, 16 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 5 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 3 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 4 yes, 6 no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 3 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 6 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 3 yes, 3 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Miller Shelley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Wheeler (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Hord Herndon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- William Calvin Oates (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Jordan Edgar Cravens (Democrat) — NAY
- Poindexter Dunn (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Montague Gunter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Miles (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Phelps (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ransom Buck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Turner Wait (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 6 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Speer (Ind. Democrat) — NAY
- George Robison Black (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Gray Turner (Democrat) — NAY
- Hugh Buchanan (Democrat) — YEA
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — YEA
- Judson Claudius Clements (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Cook (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 5 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) — YEA
- John Adam Kasson (Republican) — YEA
- Marsena Edgar Cutts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Ayers McCoid (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering (Republican) — NAY
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- William George Thompson (Republican) — YEA
- William Peters Hepburn (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 11 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell (Republican) — YEA
- Dietrich Conrad Smith (Republican) — NAY
- George Royal Davis (Republican) — NAY
- James Washington Singleton (Democrat) — NAY
- John Crocker Sherwin (Republican) — YEA
- John Henry Lewis (Republican) — YEA
- John Robert Thomas (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Edwin Payson (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Wellington Townshend (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — YEA
- William Aldrich (Republican) — YEA
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — NAY
- William Cullen (Republican) — YEA
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 2 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Courtland Cushing Matson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Steele (Republican) — NAY
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NAY
- Mark Lindsey de Motte (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stanton Judkins Peelle (Republican) — NAY
- Strother Madison Stockslager (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas McLelland Browne (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Reed Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick (Democrat) — NAY
- William Heilman (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry Calkins (Republican) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 3 no
Kentucky 5 yes, 5 no
- Albert Shelby Willis (Democrat) — NAY
- Elijah Conner Phister (Democrat) — YEA
- James Andrew McKenzie (Democrat) — NAY
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John Daugherty White (Republican) — YEA
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — YEA
- John William Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NAY
- Oscar Turner (Democrat) — NAY
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Norcross (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — YEA
- Eben Francis Stone (Republican) — NAY
- George Dexter Robinson (Republican) — YEA
- John Wilson Candler (Republican) — YEA
- Leopold Morse (Democrat) — YEA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman (Republican) — YEA
- William Augustus Russell (Republican) — YEA
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — YEA
- William Whitney Rice (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 5 yes, 4 no
- Edward Samuel Lacey (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Willits (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Webber (Republican) — YEA
- Henry William Lord (Republican) — YEA
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — YEA
- John Tyler Rich (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding (Republican) — YEA
- Roswell Gilbert Horr (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 3 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — NAY
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Henry Burrows (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Lowndes Henry Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Martin Linn Clardy (Democrat) — NAY
- Nicholas Ford (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Richard Graham Frost (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NAY
- Theron Moses Rice (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Thomas Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Hooker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow (Democrat) — YEA
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Ronald Chalmers (Democrat) — NAY
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — NAY
- Vannoy Hartrog Manning (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Frankland Briggs (Republican) — YEA
- Joshua Gilman Hall (Republican) — YEA
- Ossian Ray (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (Democrat) — NAY
- George Maxwell Robeson (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Schenck Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hart Brewer (Republican) — NAY
- John Hill (Republican) — NAY
- Miles Ross (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Phineas Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 7 yes, 18 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham X. Parker (Republican) — NAY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Anson George McCook (Republican) — YEA
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Rufus Skinner (Republican) — YEA
- Cyrus Dan Prescott (Republican) — NAY
- David Plunket Richardson (Republican) — NAY
- Ferris Jacobs Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — NAY
- George West (Republican) — NAY
- Henry van Aernam (Republican) — NAY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican) — YEA
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — NAY
- John Hammond (Republican) — NAY
- John Hardy (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Camp (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Hyatt Smith (Independent) — YEA
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan Scoville (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Mason (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Beach (Democrat) — NAY
- Michael Nicholas Nolan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Perry Belmont (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Henry Dugro (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Crowley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roswell Pettibone Flower (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Cornell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waldo Hutchins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Abbott Wood (Republican) — NAY
- William Erigena Robinson (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 9 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Addison S. McClure (Republican) — YEA
- Amos Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Le Fevre (Democrat) — NAY
- Emanuel Shultz (Republican) — NAY
- Ezra Booth Taylor (Republican) — YEA
- George Leroy Converse (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Geddes (Democrat) — YEA
- Gibson Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lee Morey (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Safford Neal (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Monroe Ritchie (Republican) — YEA
- James Sidney Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Birchard Rice (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Peter Leedom (Democrat) — NAY
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (Republican) — YEA
- Rufus Dawes (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) — NAY
- William McKinley Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 9 yes, 16 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NAY
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NAY
- Andrew Gregg Curtin (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Napoleon Brumm (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Ermentrout (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Horatio Gates Fisher (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Miller Campbell (Republican) — NAY
- James Mosgrove (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Augustine Scranton (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Findlay Watson (Republican) — NAY
- Morgan Ringland Wise (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Klotz (Democrat) — NAY
- Russell Errett (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Fleming Barr (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Henry Miller (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas McKee Bayne (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Godshalk (Republican) — YEA
- William Mutchler (Democrat) — YEA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger (Republican) — NAY
- William Ward (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 3 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 4 yes, 6 no
- Augustus Herman Pettibone (Republican) — YEA
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Bryson Simonton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — NAY
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ford House (Democrat) — NAY
- Leonidas Campbell Houk (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Warner (Democrat) — NAY
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — NAY
- William Robert Moore (Republican) — YEA
Texas 3 yes, 3 no
Virginia 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Fulkerson (Readjuster Democrat) — YEA
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — YEA
- George Douglas Wise (Democrat) — NAY
- George Tankard Garrison (Democrat) — NAY
- John Frederick Dezendorf (Republican) — YEA
- John Paul (Readjuster Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Strode Barbour Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Leon Humphrey (Republican) — NAY
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Victor Deuster (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard William Guenther (Republican) — YEA
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Wilson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Blair Hoge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 294 members
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