The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE BUSINESS. (P. 3992-1)
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 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Paul Clarke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — YEA
- Marcus Aurelius Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Duval Phelan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Downey Works (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Algernon du Pont (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathan Philemon Bryan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hoke Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas William Hardwick (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Henry Brady (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Shively (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Worth Kern (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Foligny Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Wingate Weeks (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Blair Lee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Walter Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Fletcher Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Edwin Chick Burleigh (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alden Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander Reed (Democrat) — YEA
- William Joel Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Asle Jorgenson Gronna (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NAY
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Edgar Martine (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hughes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Bacon Fall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Benton Catron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Griffith Newlands (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Aloysius O'Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Atlee Pomerene (Democrat) — YEA
- Warren Gamaliel Harding (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Tener Oliver (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — YEA
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Knight Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Luke Lea (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carroll Smalley Page (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — NAY
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Paul Oscar Husting (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Goff (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edwin Chilton (Democrat) — NAY
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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