The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE A MOTION TO AMEND THE JOURNAL, DEFEATING ATTEMPT TO RECORD THE NAME OF SENATOR ALLEN ON A ROLL-CALL, TO SHOW HIS PRESENCE. (P. 2815-2)
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 32 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — YEA
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Clement Perkins (Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Mallory White (Democrat) — 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — YEA
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — YEA
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lindsay (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Donelson Caffery (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Douglass White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Charles Power (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Nathaniel Roach (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NAY
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Stewart Brice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NAY
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Kyle (Populist) — YEA
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — YEA
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Lendrum Mitchell (Democrat) — YEA
- William Freeman Vilas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 85 members
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