VOTE OF CONGRESS DECLARING THE WAR OF 1812 ______________________________________________________ | | | | HOUSE | SENATE | STATES |_______________|_______________| | For | Against | For | Against | _____________________|_____|_________|_____|_________| Vermont..............| 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | New Hampshire........| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Massachusetts........| 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 | Pennsylvania.........| 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Delaware.............| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Maryland.............| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Virginia.............| 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | North Carolina.......| 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | South Carolina.......| 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Georgia..............| 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Kentucky.............| 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Tennessee............| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Ohio.................| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ______________________________________________________ The unanimity of the inland and non-commercial States, with the exception of the party vote of the Ohio Senators, is manifest. They were secure from the ravages of maritime war. Massachusetts showed a stronger war sentiment than New York, although the course of the Administration in these States during the war reversed this condition. The Massachusetts House of Representatives had passed resolutions against the proposed war. The New York opposition represented the commercial interests. Fifty-eight business men of New York City, headed by John Jacob Astor, protested against a war. Among these were sixteen Republicans. The opposition in Rhode Island and Connecticut, which assumed such a serious aspect during the war, is clearly indicated in this vote. Regarding the sections as North and South, a distinction most unfortunately emphasised during the progress of the war, the popularity of the war in the South may be seen by a table: House Senate North of Mason and Dixon line /For........34........ 7 \Against....37........ 9 South of Mason and Dixon line /For........45........l3 \Against....11........ 2