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Senate recorded vote (34th Congress) · April 17, 1856
H.R. 8

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 8, BY ADDING A PROVISION THAT WHEN A LAND WARRANT IS ISSUED AFTER APPLICANT'S DEATH, LEAVING NO WIDOW OR CHILDREN, SAID WARRANT MAY BE ASSIGNED TO DECEDENT'S ADMINISTRATOR OR EXECUTOR.

AmendmentDefense & war
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The question

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

02
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. 8

April 16, 1856 · TO AMEND H.R. 8 (APP. 5/14/1856, 11 STAT. L. … · 19–21 April 17, 1856 · TO AMEND H.R. 8, BY PROVIDING THAT THE PRESEN… · 20–17 April 22, 1856 · TO AMEND H.R. 8, BY PROVIDING THAT CLAIMS TO … · 15–26 April 22, 1856 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8, BY REPEALING… · 22–19 April 22, 1856 · TO AMEND H.R. 8, BY ADDING A PROVISION THAT W… · 19–18 April 22, 1856 · TO PASS H.R. 8. · 23–10 May 1, 1856 · TO AMEND H. R. 8 (11 STAT. 8, APP. 5/14/1856)… · 82–57
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 3 were 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 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, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

Vermont 1 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 59 members

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