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Senate recorded vote (33rd Congress) · March 2, 1855
H.R. 569

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY REDUCING THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT FROM $7500 AND $7000 TO $6500 AND $6000, RESPECTIVELY.

AmendmentCourts & justice
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 569

February 24, 1855 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT AS REPORTED FROM TH… · 73–114 February 24, 1855 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT REPORTED BY THE COM… · 126–82 February 24, 1855 · TO ENGROSS H.R. 569 FOR A THIRD READING H.R. … · 126–74 February 24, 1855 · TO TABLE H.R. 569. (P. 932) · 62–141 February 24, 1855 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION TO BE PUT ON PASSA… · 115–91 February 24, 1855 · TO PASS H.R. 569. · 126–77 February 28, 1855 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 569, BY ELIMINATING SE… · 21–24 March 2, 1855 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE REFUSING TO STRIKE OUT THE… · 25–19 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, THE CIVIL AND DIPLOMATIC A… · 24–21 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, AS AMENDED, BY CANCELLING … · 14–25 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT OF COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RE… · 23–21 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY SETTLING ACCOUNTS OF G.… · 25–15 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY APPROPRIATING $29,320, … · 25–18 March 2, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY APPROPRIATING $250,000 … · 31–15 March 3, 1855 · THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE ITSELF INTO THE COMMIT… · 110–23 March 3, 1855 · TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 569… · 83–77 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 569 RAISI… · 111–37 March 3, 1855 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 569, … · 101–48 March 3, 1855 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT 149 TO H.R. 569… · 85–80 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY PROVIDING FOR AN APPROP… · 24–9 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY PROVIDING THAT IN ACCOR… · 20–15 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND THE BILL H.R. 569, BY SETTLING THE C… · 18–27 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY PROVIDING THAT WHERE LA… · 34–8 March 3, 1855 · TO AMEND H.R. 569, BY PAYING OUT OF THE GENER… · 10–31
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 1 was split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: no member on this roll call
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: no member on this roll call
  17. Nevada: no member on this roll call
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: no member on this roll call
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: no member on this roll call
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alabama 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 1 yes, 0 no

Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Maryland 0 yes, 2 no

Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 61 members

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