ARTICLE SECTION 1. For purposes of representation in the Congress, election of the President and Vice President, and article V of this Constitution, the District constituting the seat of government of the United States shall be treated as though it were a State. SEC. 2. The exercise of the rights and powers conferred under this article shall be by the people of the District constituting the seat of government, and as shall be provided by the Congress. SEC. 3. The twenty-third article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. SEC. 4. This article shall be inoperative, unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission. SENATE VOTE-11TH AMENDMENT: YEAS, 23; NAYS 2 DATE: MARCH 4, 1794 YEAS.-Messrs. Bradford, Bradley, Brown, Burr, Butler, Cabot, Edwards, Ellsworth, Foster, Frelinghuysen, Hawkins, Jackson, Izard, King, Langdon, Livermore, Martin, Mitchell, Monroe, Robinson, Strong, Taylor, and Vining. NAYS.-Messrs. Gallatin and Rutherfurd. Source: Annals of the Congress of the United States, Third Congress, Senate, January, 1794, pp. 30-31. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE-11TH Amendment: YEAS, 81; NAYS 9 DATE: MARCH 4, 1794 YEAS.-Fisher Ames, Theodorus Bailey, Abraham Baldwin, Thomas Blount, Shearjashub Bourne, Benjamin Bourne, Lambert Cadwalader, Thomas P. Carnes, Gabriel Christie, Thomas Claiborne, David Cobb, Peleg Coffin, Joshua Coit, Isaac Coles, William J. Dawson, Henry Dearborn, George Dent, Samuel Dexter, William Findley, Dwight Foster, Ezekiel Gilbert, William B. Giles, James Gillespie, Nicholas Gilman, Henry Glenn, Benjamin Goodhue, James Gordon, William Barry Grove, Carter B. Harrison, John Heath, Daniel Heister, James Hillhouse, Samuel Holten, John Hunter, William Irvine, Henry Latimer, Amasa Learned, Richard Bland Lee, Matthew Locke, William Lyman, Nathaniel Macon, James Madison, Francis Malbone, Joseph McDowell, Alexander Mebane, William Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Peter Muhlenberg, William Vans Murray, Joseph Neville, Anthony_New, John Nicholas, Nathaniel Niles, John Page, Josiah Parker, Francis Preston, Robert Rutherford, Theodore Sedgwick, John S. Sherburne, John Smilie, Jeremiah Smith, Israel Smith, Samuel Smith, William Smith, Thomas Sprigg, Zephaniah Swift, George Thatcher, Uriah Tracy, Thomas Tredwell, Jonathan Trumbull, John E. Van Allen, Philip Van Cortlandt, Peter Van Gaasbeck, Abraham Venable, Peleg Wadsworth, Francis Walker, John Watts, Benjamin Williams, Paine Wingate, Richard Winn, and Joseph Winston. NAYS.-John Beatty, Elias Boudinot, Thomas Fitzsimons, George Hancock, William Hindman, Andrew Pickens, Thomas Scott, Silas Talbot, and Artemas Ward. Source: Annals of the Congress of the United States, Third Congress, House of Representatives, March, 1794, p. 478. SENATE VOTE-12TH AMENDMENT: YEAS, 22; NAYS 10 DATE: DECEMBER 3, 1803 YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bailey, Baldwin, Bradley, Breckenridge, Brown, Cocke, Condit, Ellery, Franklin, Jackson, Logan, Maclay, Nicholas, Potter, Israel Smith, John Smith, Samuel Smith, Stone, Taylor, Worthington, and Wright—22. NAYS-Messrs. Adams, Butler, Dayton, Hillhouse, Olcott, Pickering, Plumer, Tracy, Wells, and White: 10. Source: Annals of the Congress of the United States, Eighth Congress, December, 1803, p. 209. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE-12TH AMENDMENT: YEAS 83; NAYS 42 DATE: DECEMBER 9, 1803 YEAS-Nathaniel Macon, (Speaker,) Willis Alston, jun., Nathaniel Alexander, Isaac Anderson, John Archer, David Bard, George Michael Bedinger, William Black ledge, John Boyle, Robert Brown, Joseph Bryan, William Butler, George W. Campbell, Levi Casey, Thomas Claiborne, Joseph Clay, John Clopton, Frederick_Conord, Jacob Crowninshield, Richard Cutts, Jno. Dawson, William Dickson, John B. Earle, Peter Early, John W. Eppes, William Findley, John Fowler, Jas. Gillespie, Peterson Goodwyn, Edwin Gray, Andrew Gregg, Samuel Hammond, John A. Hanna, Josiah Hasbrouck, Daniel Heister, Joseph Heister, James Holland, David Holmes, John G. Jackson, Walter Jones, William Kennedy, Nehemiah Knight, Michael Leib, John B. C. Lucas, Matthew Lyon, Andrew McCord, William McCreery, David Meriwether, Samuel L. Mitchill, Nicholas R. Moore, Thomas Moore, Jeremiah Moorow, Anthony New, Thomas Newton, jun., Gideon Olin, Beriah Palmer, John Patterson, John Randolph, jun., Thomas M. Randolph, John Rea of Pennsylvania, John Rea of Tennessee, Jacob Richards, Caesar A. Rodney, Erastus Root, Thomas Sammons, Thomas Sandford, Tompson J. Skinner, John Smilie, John Smith of New York, Richard Stanford, Joseph Stanton, John Stewart, David Thomas, Philip R. Thompson, Abram Trigg, John Trigg, Isaac Van Horne, Daniel C. Verplanck, Matthew Walton, John Whitehill, Marmaduke Williams, Richard Winn, Joseph Winston, and Thomas Wynns. NAYS-Simeon Baldwin, Silas Betton, Phan, Bishop, John Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Matthew Clay, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, John Dennis, Thomas Dwight, James Elliot, William Eustis, Calvin Goddard, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, William Hoge, David Hough, Benjamin Huger, Samuel Hunt, Joseph Lewis, jun., Thos Lewis, Henry W. Livingston, Thomas Lowndes, Nahum Mitchell, Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, Ebenezer Seaver, John Cotton Smith, William Stedman, James Stephenson, Samuel Taggart, Benjamin Tallmadge, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, George Tibbits, Joseph b. Varnum, Peleg Wadsworth, and Lemuel Williams. Source: Annuals of the Congress of the United States, Eighth Congress, December, 1803, p. 776. SENATE VOTE-13TH AMENDMENT: YEAS 38; NAYS 6 DATE: APRIL 8, 1864 YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Collamer, Conness, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harding, Harlan, Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Nesmith, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Ten Eyck, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Wilkinson, Willey, and Wilson-38. NAYS-Messrs. Davis, Hendricks, McDougall, Powell, Riddle, and Saulsbury-6. Source: The Congressional Globe, April, 1864, p. 1490. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE-13TH AMENDMENT: YEAS 119; NAYS 56; NOT VOTING 8 DATE: JANUARY 31, 1865 YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnold, Ashley, Baily, Augustus C. Baldwin, John D. Baldwin, Baxter, Beaman, Blaine, Blair, Blow, Boutwell, Boyd, Brandegee, Broomall, William G. Brown, Ambrose W. Clark, Freeman Clarke, Cobb, Coffroth, Cole, Colfax, Creswell, Henry Winter Davis, Thomas T. Davis, Dawes, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eliot, English, Farnsworth, Frank, Ganson, Garfield, Gooch, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Herrick, Higby, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hutchins, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Francis W. Kellogg, Orlando Kellogg, King, Knox, Littlejohn, Loan, Longyear, Marvin, McAllister, McBride, McClurg, McIndoe, Samuel F. Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Daniel Morris, Amos Myers, Leonard Myers, Nelson, Norton, Odell, Charles O'Neill, Orth, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Pomeroy, Price, Radford, William H. Randall, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Edward H. Rollins, James S. Rollins, Schenck, Scofield, Shannon, Sloan, Smith, Smithers, Spalding, Starr, John B. Steele, Stevens, Thayer, Thomas, Tracy, Upson, Van Valkenburgh, Elibu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Webster, Whaley, Wheeler, Williams, Wilder, Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, Worthington, and Yeaman-119. NAYS-Messrs. James C. Allen, William J. Allen, Ancona, Bliss, Brooks, James S. Brown, Chanler, Clay, Cox, Cravens, Dawson, Denison, Eden, Edgerton, Eldridge, Finck, Grider, Hall, Harding, Harrington, Benjamin G. Harris, Charles M. Harris, Holman, Philip Johnson, William Johnson, Kalbfleisch, Kernan, Knapp, Law, Long, Mallory, William H. Miller, James R. Morris, Morrison, Noble, John O'Neill, Pendleton, Perry, Pruyn, Samuel J. Randall, Robinson, Ross, Scott, William G. Steele, Stiles, Strouse, Stuart, Sweat, Townsend, Wadsworth, Ward, Chilton A. White, Joseph W. White, Winfield, Benjamin Wood, and Fernando Wood-56. NOT VOTING-Messrs. Lazear, Le Blond, Marcy, McDowell, McKinney, Middleton, Rogers, and Voorhees-8. Source: The Congressional Globe, January, 1865, p. 531. SENATE VOTE-14TH AMENDMENT: Yeas 33; NAYS 11; NOT VOTING 5 DATE: JUNE 8, 1866 YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cragin, Creswell, Edmunds, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane of Indiana, Lane of Kansas, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Stewart, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Willey, Williams, Wilson, and Yates-33. NAYS-Messrs. Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie, Hendricks, Johnson, McDougall, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE-14TH Amendment: YEAS 120; NAYS 32; NOT VOTING 32 DATE: JUNE 13, 1866 YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Boutwell, Bromwell, Buckland, Bundy, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clark, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Defrees, Delano, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asabel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Jenckes, Julian, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Laflin, Latham, George V. Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marvin, McClurg, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, Myers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, Price, William H. Randall, Raymond, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabarger, Šloan, Smith, Spalding, Stevens, Stilwell, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Aernam, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Warner, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, and the Speaker-120. NAYS-Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Boyer, Chanler, Coffroth, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grider, Aaron Harding, Hogan, Edwin N. Hubbell, James M. Humphrey, Kerr, Le Blond, Marshall, Niblack, Nicholson, Samuel J. Randall, Ritter, Rogers, Ross, Sitgreaves, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, Winfield, and Wright-32. NOT VOTING-Messrs. Anderson, Benjamin, Blow, Brandegee, Broomall, Culver, Deming, Dixon, Goodyear, Harris, Hill, Demas Hubbard, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Ingersoll, Johnson, Jones, Kasson, William Lawrence, Marston, McCullough, McIndoe, Noell, Patterson, Radford, Rollins, Rousseau, Shanklin, Starr, Burt Van Horn, Elihu B. Washburne, and Woodbridge-32. Source: The Congressional Globe, June 13, 1866, p. 3149. SENATE VOTE-15TH AMENDMENT: YEAS 39; NAYS 13; NOT VOTING 14 DATE: FEBRUARY 26, 1869 YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cragin, Drake, Ferry, Fessenden, Frelinghuysen, Harlan, Harris, Howard, Howe, Kellogg, McDonald, Morgan, Morrill of Maine, Morrill of Vermont, Morton, Nye, Osborn, Patterson of New Hampshire, Ramsey, Rice, Robertson, Sheriman, Stewart, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wade, Warner, Welch, Willey, Williams, and Wilson-39. NAYS-Messrs. Bayard, Buckalew, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fowler, Hendricks, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTE-15TH AMENDMENT: YEAS 144: NAYS 44; NOT DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 1869 YEAS-Messrs. Allison, Ames, Anderson, Arnell, Delos R. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey, Baker, Banks, Boaman, Beatty, Benjamin, Benton, Bingham, Blaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bowen, Boyden, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckley, Benjamin F. Butler, Roderick R. Butler, Callis, Churchill, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Clift, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Corley, Cornell, Covode, Cullom, Dawes, Dickey, Dodge, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Ela Thomas D. Eloit, James T. Elliott, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry, Fields, French, Garfield, Goss, Gove, Gravely, Griswold, Hamilton, Harding, Haughey, Heaton, Higby, Hill, Hooper, Hopkins, Chester D. Hubbard, Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Alexander H. Jones, Judd, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Koontz, Laflin, Lash, William Lawrence, Logan, Lynch, Marvin, Maynard, McCarthy, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moorhead, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newsham, Norris, Nunn, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pettis, Pike, Plants, Poland, Pomeroy, Price, Prince, Raum, Robertson, Roots, Sawyer, Scofield, Shanks, Shellabarger, Smith, Spalding, Starkweather, Stevens, Stewart, Stokes, Stover, Taffe, Thomas, John Trimble, Trowbridge, Twichell, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Henry D. Washburn, William B. Washburn, Welker, Whittemore, Thomas Williams, Williams, William Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Windom, and the Speaker-144 NAYS-Messrs. Archer, Axtell, Barnes, Becks, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Cary, Chanler, Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Grover, Haight, Hawkins, Holman, Hotchkiss, Richard D. Hubbard, Humphrey, Johnson, Thomas L. Jones, Kerr, Knott, Loughridge, Mallory, Marshall, McCormick, McCullough, Mungen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Robinson, Ross, Stone, Taber, Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, Woodward, and Young-44. NOT VOTING-Messrs, Adams, Baldwin, Barnum, Blackburn, Boles, Buckland, Cake, Delano, Dewcese, Dixon, Dockery, Edwards, Halsey, Asabel W. Hubbard, George V. Lawrence, Lincoln, Loan, Morrissey, Newcomb, Pierce, Pile, Poisley, Randall, Schenck, Selye, Sitgreaves, Sypher, Taylor, Tift, Lawrence S. Trimble, Van Wyck, Vidal, Elibu B. Washburne, Stephen F. Wilson, and Woodbridge-35. Source: The Congressional Globe, February 25, 1869, p. 1564. Aldrich Bailey Bankhead Beveridge Borah Bourne Bradley Briggs Bristow Brown Burkett Burnham Burrows Burton SENATE VOTE-16 AMENDMENT: YEAS 77; NAYS 0, NOT VOTING 15 |