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House recorded vote (35th Congress) · February 26, 1859
H.R. 872

Recorded vote

TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION WHICH IS TO ADOPT THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO H.R. 872. (P. 1408-3)

Bill action
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 H.R. 872

February 24, 1859 · TO TABLE H.R. 872, A BILL RELATING TO POST OF… · 23–168 February 24, 1859 · TO AMEND H.R. 872, A BILL RELATING TO POST OF… · 99–102 February 24, 1859 · TO AMEND H.R. 872, SO AS TO ADD A PROVISION T… · 92–104 February 24, 1859 · TO ADOPT THE EIGHT AMENDMENT TO H.R. 872, WHI… · 111–79 February 24, 1859 · TO PASS H.R. 872, BILL RELATING TO POST OFFIC… · 86–119 February 25, 1859 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 84–104 February 25, 1859 · TO RECONSIDER PREVIOUS VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 872… · 121–74 February 26, 1859 · TO ADOPT EIGHTH AMENDMENT TO H.R. 872. (P. 1… · 117–82 February 26, 1859 · TO PASS H.R. 872, BILL RELATING TO POST OFFIC… · 108–103 February 28, 1859 · TO AGREE TO AMENDED AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, A… · 22–26 February 28, 1859 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, SO AS TO INC… · 26–25 February 28, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872, BY AN INSERTION PROVIDING… · 32–17 February 28, 1859 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, SO AS TO EST… · 19–27 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872 SO AS TO INCREASE THE RATE… · 29–28 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872 SO AS TO PERMIT BUTTERFIEL… · 20–30 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872 SO AS TO INCR… · 20–19 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR 6 YE… · 14–15 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872, SO AS TO ESTABLISH SIX YE… · 33–4 March 1, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, MADE IN … · 32–16 March 1, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, MADE IN … · 29–24 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872 SO AS TO A… · 17–27 March 1, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, AS MADE … · 27–22 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872 SO AS TO DIRE… · 24–22 March 1, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 872, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE THE PO… · 22–20 March 1, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 872, MADE IN … · 26–19 March 1, 1859 · TO PASS H. R. 872. · 29–22 March 1, 1859 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH H. R. 872 WAS PAS… · 22–28 March 2, 1859 · TO SUSPEND RULES SO AS TO CONSIDER SENATE AME… · 86–51 March 3, 1859 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH THE CONFERENCE RE… · 19–19
The map

How each state's members voted

In 16 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 3 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 3 yes, 6 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 7 yes, 19 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  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, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 6 yes, 5 no
  22. Ohio: 6 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 15 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 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: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 9 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 9 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 10 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 5 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 1 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

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

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 238 members

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