The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR A RES. PROVIDING THAT THE 37 CLERKS TO THE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE FOR WHICH MONEY WAS APPROPRIATED ARE HEREBY ALLOWED AND ASSIGNED. THE SUBSTITUTE, PROVIDES THAT THE NUMBER OF CLE…
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 members voted
In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 24 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 5 yes, 9 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 5 yes, 19 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 3 yes, 6 no, 3 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 13 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 10 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 7 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 5 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: 6 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 4 no
- Tennessee: 3 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 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, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 3 yes, 6 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 5 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 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
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — NAY
- James Edward Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Louis Washington Turpin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Clarke (Democrat) — NAY
- William Calvin Oates (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 4 no
California 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 3 yes, 6 no
- Charles Leavell Moses (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Gray Turner (Democrat) — NAY
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — NAY
- Leonidas Felix Livingston (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert William Everett (Democrat) — YEA
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Edward Watson (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Elisha Winn (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Graves Lawson (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bremner Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- Frederick Edward White (Democrat) — YEA
- George Douglas Perkins (Republican) — YEA
- James Patton Flick (Republican) — YEA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Joseph Seerley (Democrat) — YEA
- John Taylor Hamilton (Democrat) — YEA
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Bowman (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Halben Butler (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Ingalls Hayes (Democrat) — YEA
Idaho 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Willis Sweet (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 5 yes, 9 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abner Taylor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins (Republican) — NAY
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Taylor Cable (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Lane (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Fithian (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Herman Wilber Snow (Democrat) — YEA
- James Robert Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- Lawrence Edward McGann (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Steward (Democrat) — NAY
- Owen Scott (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Sidney Post (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Roberts Hitt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Thompson Busey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Scott Wike (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Cass Newberry (Democrat) — NAY
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — NAY
- William St. John Forman (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 5 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Newton Martin (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Shively (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles A. O. McClellan (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Webster Waugh (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Henry Patton (Democrat) — NAY
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Cooper (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Underwood Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Jason Brevoort Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lewis Bretz (Democrat) — YEA
- William Dallas Bynum (Democrat) — YEA
- William Fletcher Parrett (Democrat) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 6 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 3 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery (Democrat) — NAY
- Asher Graham Caruth (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight (Democrat) — NAY
- James Bennett McCreary (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Wilkerson Kendall (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter (Democrat) — NAY
- W. W. Dickerson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (Democrat) — YEA
- William Johnson Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Ellis (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 3 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sturtevant Randall (Republican) — NAY
- Elijah Adams Morse (Republican) — NAY
- Frederick Spaulding Coolidge (Democrat) — YEA
- George Fred Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — NAY
- John Crawford Crosby (Democrat) — YEA
- John Forrester Andrew (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Henry O'Neil (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Henry Walker (Republican) — NAY
- Moses Tyler Stevens (Democrat) — NAY
- Sherman Hoar (Democrat) — NAY
- William Cogswell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barnes Compton (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Welles Rusk (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Page (Democrat) — NAY
- Herman Stump (Democrat) — NAY
- Isidor Rayner (Democrat) — NAY
- William McMahon McKaig (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 4 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Gray Stout (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Eugene Belknap (Republican) — YEA
- Harrison H. Wheeler (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Melville Youmans (Democrat) — NAY
- James O'Donnell (Republican) — YEA
- James Sedgwick Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Logan Chipman (Democrat) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Justin Rice Whiting (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock (Democrat) — NAY
Minnesota 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Nathan Castle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lind (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Kittel Halvorson (Populist) — YEA
- Osee Matson Hall (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Harries (Democrat) — YEA
Missouri 7 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Harley Mansur (Democrat) — YEA
- David Albaugh de Armond (Democrat) — YEA
- John Charles Tarsney (Democrat) — NAY
- John Joseph O'Neill (Democrat) — NAY
- John Taddeus Heard (Democrat) — NAY
- Marshall Arnold (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Henry Norton (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Washington Fyan (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Byrns (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Seth Wallace Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Hooker (Democrat) — NAY
- Clarke Lewis (Democrat) — NAY
- John Curtis Kyle (Democrat) — YEA
- John Mills Allen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Henry Beeman (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Ringland Stockdale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Wirt Dixon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Grady (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Plummer Cheatham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Steele Henderson (Democrat) — NAY
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander (Democrat) — NAY
- William Augustus Blount Branch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Harrison Cowles (Democrat) — NAY
- William Thomas Crawford (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omer Madison Kem (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- William Arthur McKeighan (Populist) — NAY
- William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) — YEA
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Luther Franklin McKinney (Democrat) — YEA
- Warren Fisher Daniell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Christopher Augustus Bergen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Francis McDonald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (Democrat) — NAY
- James Buchanan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Fowler (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Dunn English (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Franklin Bartine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 5 yes, 19 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Clark Chapin (Democrat) — YEA
- Amos Jay Cummings (Democrat) — NAY
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Tracey (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Newton Lockwood (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward John Dunphy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George van Horn (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Ray (Republican) — YEA
- Halbert Stevens Greenleaf (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Bacon (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Wilbur Bentley (Democrat) — NAY
- Hosea Hunt Rockwell (Democrat) — NAY
- Isaac Newton Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- James Jerome Belden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Way Covert (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican) — NAY
- John Adam Quackenbush (Republican) — NAY
- John De Witt Warner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Madison Wever (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Michael Clancy (Democrat) — NAY
- John R. Fellows (Democrat) — NAY
- John Raines (Republican) — YEA
- John Sanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph James Little (Democrat) — YEA
- Newton Martin Curtis (Republican) — NAY
- Sereno Elisha Payne (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Francis Magner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lathrop Bunting (Democrat) — NAY
- Timothy John Campbell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Warren Brewster Hooker (Republican) — YEA
- William Bourke Cockran (Democrat) — NAY
- William Griggs Stahlnecker (Democrat) — NAY
- William Jerome Coombs (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 13 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jackson Pearson (Democrat) — NAY
- Bellamy Storer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Darius Dodge Hare (Democrat) — NAY
- Dennis D. Donovan (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezra Booth Taylor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Coello Layton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Houk (Democrat) — NAY
- James Irvine Dungan (Democrat) — NAY
- James W. Owens (Democrat) — NAY
- John Alexander Caldwell (Republican) — NAY
- John George Warwick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John M. Pattison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Danner Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Kissinger Gantz (Democrat) — NAY
- Michael Daniel Harter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Eachus Doan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Tom Loftin Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Vincent Albert Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- William Elisha Haynes (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Enochs (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Binger Hermann (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 10 no, 14 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Cole Hopkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Andrew Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Warren Stone (Republican) — NAY
- David B. Brunner (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Scull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edwin Hallowell (Democrat) — NAY
- Eugene Pierce Gillespie (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Franklin Huff (Republican) — NAY
- George Frederic Kribbs (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Shonk (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Bernard Reilly (Democrat) — NAY
- John Buchanan Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dalzell (Republican) — NAY
- John Edgar Reyburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Winebrenner Rife (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lemuel Amerman (Democrat) — NAY
- Louis Evans Atkinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Marriott Brosius (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Griswold (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Myron Benjamin Wright (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Peter Wolverton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexis Stone (Republican) — NAY
- William McAleer (Democrat) — NAY
- William Mutchler (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Thomas Stackhouse (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Dionysius Tillman (Democrat) — YEA
- George Johnstone (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Shell (Democrat) — NAY
- John James Hemphill (Democrat) — NAY
- William Elliott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Huggins Brawley (Democrat) — NAY
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 3 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Alexander Taylor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe (Democrat) — NAY
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Clay Snodgrass (Democrat) — YEA
- James Daniel Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Chiles Houk (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Edwin Washington (Democrat) — NAY
- Josiah Patterson (Democrat) — YEA
- Nicholas Nichols Cox (Democrat) — YEA
- Rice Alexander Pierce (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 5 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Stewart (Democrat) — NAY
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore (Democrat) — YEA
- David Browning Culberson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Benjamin Long (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Abbott (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Draper Sayers (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — YEA
- Littleton Wilde Moore (Democrat) — YEA
- Roger Quarles Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (Democrat) — NAY
- William Henry Crain (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (Democrat) — NAY
- Elisha Edward Meredith (Democrat) — NAY
- George Douglas Wise (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry St. George Tucker (Democrat) — NAY
- James Fletcher Epes (Democrat) — NAY
- John Alexander Buchanan (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Lawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Carrington Edmunds (Democrat) — NAY
- Posey Green Lester (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Atkinson Jones (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Henry Powers (Republican) — YEA
- William Wallace Grout (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Ralph Bushnell (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Barwig (Democrat) — NAY
- Clinton Babbitt (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Potter Coburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George H. Brickner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lendrum Mitchell (Democrat) — NAY
- Lucas Miltiades Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- Nils Pederson Haugen (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Lynch (Democrat) — YEA
West Virginia 2 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no
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