The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 3550, BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO DIVIDE A PARISH OR COUNTY IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW DISTRICT IN ORDER TO BRING SAID DISTRICT UP TO RATIO OF INHABITANTS FIXED BY LAW. (P. 965-2)
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).
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What was on the floor
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Every roll call on H.R. 3550
How each state's members voted
In 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 19 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: 2 yes, 3 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 3 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 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: 1 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 4 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 9 no
- New York: 9 yes, 13 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 8 no
- Ohio: 4 yes, 14 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
- California: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 no
- Missouri: 8 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 9 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 5 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 3 no
- Arkansas: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 3 no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 4 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: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 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 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Miller Shelley (Democrat) — YEA
- Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Hord Herndon (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- William Calvin Oates (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Jordan Edgar Cravens (Democrat) — YEA
- Poindexter Dunn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Montague Gunter (Democrat) — YEA
California 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Speer (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- George Robison Black (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Gray Turner (Democrat) — YEA
- Hugh Buchanan (Democrat) — YEA
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — YEA
- Judson Claudius Clements (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Cook (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) — NAY
- John Adam Kasson (Republican) — NAY
- Marsena Edgar Cutts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Moses Ayers McCoid (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering (Republican) — NAY
- Sewall Spaulding Farwell (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- William George Thompson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Peters Hepburn (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 4 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Benjamin Farwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dietrich Conrad Smith (Republican) — NAY
- George Royal Davis (Republican) — NAY
- James Washington Singleton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Crocker Sherwin (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Lewis (Republican) — NAY
- John Robert Thomas (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Edwin Payson (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Wellington Townshend (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Wheeler Moulton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- William Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — YEA
- William Cullen (Republican) — NAY
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 5 yes, 8 no
- Courtland Cushing Matson (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Steele (Republican) — NAY
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NAY
- Mark Lindsey de Motte (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce (Republican) — NAY
- Stanton Judkins Peelle (Republican) — NAY
- Strother Madison Stockslager (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas McLelland Browne (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Reed Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick (Democrat) — YEA
- William Heilman (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Calkins (Republican) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 0 yes, 3 no
Kentucky 9 yes, 1 no
- Albert Shelby Willis (Democrat) — YEA
- Elijah Conner Phister (Democrat) — YEA
- James Andrew McKenzie (Democrat) — YEA
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John Daugherty White (Republican) — NAY
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — YEA
- John William Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — YEA
- Oscar Turner (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Chester Bidwell Darrall (Republican) — NAY
- Edward White Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ezekiel John Ellis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Floyd King (Democrat) — YEA
- Newton Crain Blanchard (Democrat) — YEA
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Amasa Norcross (Republican) — NAY
- Ambrose Arnold Ranney (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — NAY
- Eben Francis Stone (Republican) — NAY
- George Dexter Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- John Wilson Candler (Republican) — NAY
- Leopold Morse (Democrat) — YEA
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman (Republican) — NAY
- William Augustus Russell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — NAY
- William Whitney Rice (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 2 yes, 3 no
Michigan 0 yes, 9 no
- Edward Samuel Lacey (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Willits (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Webber (Republican) — NAY
- Henry William Lord (Republican) — NAY
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — NAY
- John Tyler Rich (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver Lyman Spaulding (Republican) — NAY
- Roswell Gilbert Horr (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 1 yes, 2 no
Missouri 8 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — YEA
- Ira Sherwin Haseltine (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Henry Burrows (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Lowndes Henry Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Martin Linn Clardy (Democrat) — YEA
- Nicholas Ford (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Richard Graham Frost (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NAY
- Theron Moses Rice (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Thomas Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Hooker (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Lowndes Muldrow (Democrat) — YEA
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Ronald Chalmers (Democrat) — YEA
- Otho Robards Singleton (Democrat) — YEA
- Vannoy Hartrog Manning (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 6 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 3 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no
New York 9 yes, 13 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham X. Parker (Republican) — NAY
- Abram Stevens Hewitt (Democrat) — YEA
- Anson George McCook (Republican) — NAY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Wood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Rufus Skinner (Republican) — NAY
- 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) — NAY
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hammond (Republican) — NAY
- John Hardy (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Camp (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hyatt Smith (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan Scoville (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Mason (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Beach (Democrat) — YEA
- Michael Nicholas Nolan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Perry Belmont (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Henry Dugro (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Crowley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roswell Pettibone Flower (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Cornell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waldo Hutchins (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Abbott Wood (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Erigena Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 4 yes, 14 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Addison S. McClure (Republican) — NAY
- Amos Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Le Fevre (Democrat) — YEA
- Emanuel Shultz (Republican) — NAY
- Ezra Booth Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- George Leroy Converse (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Geddes (Democrat) — YEA
- Gibson Atherton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lee Morey (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Safford Neal (Republican) — NAY
- James Monroe Ritchie (Republican) — NAY
- James Sidney Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- John Birchard Rice (Republican) — NAY
- John Peter Leedom (Democrat) — YEA
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- Rufus Dawes (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) — NAY
- William McKinley Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NAY
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NAY
- Andrew Gregg Curtin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Napoleon Brumm (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Cornelius Comegys Jadwin (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Ermentrout (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Horatio Gates Fisher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Miller Campbell (Republican) — NAY
- James Mosgrove (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Augustine Scranton (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Findlay Watson (Republican) — NAY
- Morgan Ringland Wise (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Klotz (Democrat) — YEA
- Russell Errett (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Fleming Barr (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Henry Miller (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas McKee Bayne (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Godshalk (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Mutchler (Democrat) — YEA
- William Shadrack Shallenberger (Republican) — NAY
- William Ward (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 7 yes, 3 no
- Augustus Herman Pettibone (Republican) — NAY
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Bryson Simonton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — YEA
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ford House (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonidas Campbell Houk (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Warner (Democrat) — YEA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — YEA
- William Robert Moore (Republican) — NAY
Texas 6 yes, 0 no
Virginia 5 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Fulkerson (Readjuster Democrat) — NAY
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — YEA
- George Douglas Wise (Democrat) — YEA
- George Tankard Garrison (Democrat) — YEA
- John Frederick Dezendorf (Republican) — NAY
- John Paul (Readjuster Democrat) — NAY
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — YEA
- John Strode Barbour Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 3 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (Democrat) — YEA
- George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Leon Humphrey (Republican) — NAY
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Victor Deuster (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard William Guenther (Republican) — NAY
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 3 yes, 0 no
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