Where can I find congressional votes on old legislation?

[darklordoftech]

It's very difficult to find information on how many congressmen voted for or against certain pieces of legislation from the 18th or 19th century.  This is especially true for anything before 1850.

For instance, when the US voted to prohibit the slave trade in 1807, how many people voted against that?

I recall seeing who voted for and who voted against banning the slave trade in 1807 on http://govtrack.us

[darklordoftech]

I found the govtrack.us pages for the 1807 importation of slaves law on wikipedia (how individual senators/representatives voted is at the bottom of the webpage):

Senate: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/9-1/s1

House: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/9-2/h131

Why in God's name did JQA vote against banning the slave trade? Pickering I can see, but JQA? It is an outrage that the Massachusetts senatorial delegation voted in line with Georgia and South Carolina on the issue of slavery.

Maybe the bill also strengthened slavery in some way?