Documents in American History


War of 1812

Congressional Voting on the Declaration of War, 1812


House of Representatives Senate

For Against For Against
New Hampshire 3 2 1 1
Vermont 3 1 1 0
Massachusetts
(Including Maine)
6 8 1 1
Rhode Island 0 2 0 2
Connecticut 0 7 0 2
New York 3 11 1 1
New Jersey 2 4 1 1
Delaware 0 1 0 2
Pennsylvania 16 2 2 0
Maryland 6 3 1 1
Virgina 14 5 2 0
North Carolina 6 3 2 0
South Carolina 8 0 2 0
Georgia 3 0 2 0
Ohio 1 0 0 1
Kentucky 5 0 1 1
Tennessee 3 0 2 0
TOTALS 79 49 19 13

Source: Bradford Perkins, The Causes of the War of 1812: National Honor or National Interest? (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962), frontispiece.

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