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Senate recorded vote (34th Congress) · February 25, 1857
S. 493

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 493, BY STIPULATING THAT THE SUM PROVIDED BY THIS BILL WILL BE WITHHELD IF COMPANIES FAIL TO REPORT THEIR EXPENSES AND PROFITS ANNUALLY.

Amendment
01
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.

03
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 S. 493

January 22, 1857 · TO PASS S. 493, (APP. 3/3/1857, 11 STAT. L. 1… · 29–18 February 4, 1857 · TO TABLE S. 493, EXPEDITING TELEGRAPHIC COMMU… · 57–123 February 5, 1857 · TO ORDER A CALL OF THE HOUSE, DURING DEBATE O… · 60–104 February 10, 1857 · TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE S. 493… · 82–101 February 10, 1857 · TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE … · 99–87 February 17, 1857 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 77–114 February 17, 1857 · TO TABLE S. 493. (P.730-1) · 77–120 February 17, 1857 · TO REFER S. 493 TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE… · 74–112 February 17, 1857 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. 493 U… · 74–114 February 18, 1857 · TO ORDER A CALL OF THE HOUSE DURING DEBATE ON… · 46–121 February 18, 1857 · TO TABLE S. 493. (P.741-2) · 82–104 February 18, 1857 · TO PASS S. 493. (P.741-3) · 101–82 February 25, 1857 · TO CONSIDER THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. 493, (A… · 32–23 February 25, 1857 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL MAR. 5TH, CONSIDERATION OF … · 26–26 February 25, 1857 · TO POSTPONE PRIOR ORDERS TO CONTINUE DEBATE O… · 23–34 February 25, 1857 · TO TABLE S. 493. · 24–29 February 25, 1857 · TO AMEND S. 493, BY PROVIDING THAT NO CONTRAC… · 24–28 February 25, 1857 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 493, BY GIVING TO… · 19–20
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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.

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

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michigan 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 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Vermont 0 yes, 2 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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