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Senate recorded vote (35th Congress) · June 4, 1858
H.R. 199

Recorded vote

TO POSTPONE PRIOR ORDERS OF THE DAY AND TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION H. R. 199.

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. 199

May 27, 1858 · TO CONCUR IN FOURTH AMENDMENT FROM COMMITTEE … · 64–110 May 27, 1858 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT TO H.R. 199, A BILL FOR… · 61–115 May 27, 1858 · TO PASS H.R. 199, BILL FOR NAVAL APPROPRIATIO… · 110–75 June 4, 1858 · TO POSTPONE ALL PRIOR ORDERS AND PROCEED TO C… · 27–27 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND H. R. 199 BY MAKING APPROPRIATIONS F… · 16–31 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 199, WHICH AME… · 22–31 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 199, WHICH AME… · 12–34 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 199, WHICH AMEN… · 6–40 June 7, 1858 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT TO H. R. 199, WHICH AME… · 20–24 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND H. R. 199 BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDE… · 17–26 June 7, 1858 · TO AMEND H. R. 199 BY MAKING APPROPRIATION FO… · 19–17 June 9, 1858 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT 14 TO H.R. 199,… · 86–85 June 9, 1858 · TO CONCUR IN 14TH AMENDMENT TO H.R. 199, WHIC… · 89–88 June 11, 1858 · TO ADOPT REPORT FROM COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE … · 67–74 June 11, 1858 · TO ADOPT REPORT FROM CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REL… · 64–71 June 12, 1858 · TO AGREE TO HOUSE AMENDMENT THE SENATE AMENDM… · 26–30
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 8 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, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

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

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Texas 0 yes, 1 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 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 — 63 members

Select any member to pull their file.