The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE BUSINESS. (P. 2274-2)
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 senators voted
In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 4 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — NAY
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Norton Felton (Republican) — YEA
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Republican) — YEA
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John McAuley Palmer (Democrat) — NAY
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bishop Walden Perkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Peffer (Populist) — YEA
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Donelson Caffery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Douglass White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cary Walthall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Charles Power (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus Blodgett (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — YEA
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NAY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NAY
- Roger Quarles Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Beard Allen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 88 members
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