The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONCUR IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE AGREEING TO THE FIRST RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE SAMUEL CHASE, OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. (P. 1171, 1180)
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 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 8 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: no member on this roll call
- Vermont: 2 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: no member on this roll call
- Illinois: no member on this roll call
- Wisconsin: no member on this roll call
- Michigan: no member on this roll call
- New York: 4 yes, 3 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 4 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: no member on this roll call
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: no member on this roll call
- Indiana: no member on this roll call
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 13 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: no member on this roll call
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: no member on this roll call
- Kentucky: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Virginia: 15 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 5 yes, 2 no, 2 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: no member on this roll call
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 8 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 4 yes, 2 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: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: 4 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- Florida: no member on this roll call
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Connecticut 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Tallmadge (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Calvin Goddard (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- John Cotton Smith (Federalist) — NAY
- John Davenport (Federalist) — NAY
- Roger Griswold (Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist) — NAY
- Simeon Baldwin (Federalist) — NAY
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 4 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 4 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ebenezer Seaver (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Crowninshield (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Lemuel Williams (Federalist) — NAY
- Manasseh Cutler (Federalist) — NAY
- Nahum Mitchell (Federalist) — NAY
- Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist) — NAY
- Phanuel Bishop (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Phineas Bruce (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Cutts (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Taggart (Federalist) — NAY
- Samuel Thatcher (Federalist) — NAY
- Seth Hastings (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Dwight (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomson Joseph Skinner (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Eustis (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Stedman (Federalist) — NAY
Maryland 5 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Archer (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Campbell (Federalist) — NAY
- John Dennis (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hopper Nicholson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Roger Nelson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Plater (Federalist) — NAY
- Walter Bowie (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William McCreery (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
North Carolina 8 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- James Gillespie (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- James Holland (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Winston (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Marmaduke Williams (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Alexander (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Macon (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Stanford (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Dinsmore Purviance (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Wynns (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Blackledge (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Kennedy (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Willis Alston (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clifton Clagett (Federalist) — NAY
- David Hough (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hunt (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Tenney (Federalist) — NAY
- Silas Betton (Federalist) — NAY
New Jersey 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
New York 4 yes, 3 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew McCord (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Beriah Palmer (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Thomas (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Erastus Root (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Gaylord Griswold (Federalist) — NAY
- George Tibbits (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Walter Livingston (Federalist) — NAY
- John Paterson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joshua Sands (Federalist) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Hasbrouck (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Killian Killian van Rensselaer (Federalist) — NAY
- Oliver Phelps (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philip van Cortlandt (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Latham Mitchill (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Riker (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Sammons (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 13 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Gregg (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- David Bard (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Conrad (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Anderson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Isaac van Horne (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Richards (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Andre Hanna (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Baptiste Charles Lucas (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Rea (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Smilie (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Stewart (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Whitehill (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Clay (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Hiester (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Leib (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Robert Brown (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Findley (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- William Hoge (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Huger (Federalist) — NAY
- John Baylis Earle (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Levi Casey (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Richard Winn (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Lowndes (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Moore (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wade Hampton (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Butler (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 15 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abram Trigg (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Andrew Moore (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Anthony New (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- David Holmes (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Edwin Gray (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Stephenson (Federalist) — NAY
- John Clopton (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Dawson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John George Jackson (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Johns Trigg (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Randolph (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- John Smith (Democrat-Republican) — NAY
- John Wayles Eppes (Democrat-Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist) — NAY
- Matthew Clay (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Peterson Goodwyn (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Philip Rootes Thompson (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Claiborne (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Griffin (Federalist) — NAY
- Thomas Mann Randolph (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Newton Jr. (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
- Walter Jones (Democrat-Republican) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 143 members
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