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Senate recorded vote (35th Congress) · February 8, 1859
H.R. 541

Recorded vote

TO PASS H. R. 541.

Passage
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. 541

May 25, 1858 · TO TABLE H.R. 541, A BILL RELATING TO RAILWAY… · 87–100 May 25, 1858 · TO PASS H.R. 541 A BILL RELATING TO RAILWAY O… · 100–82 January 29, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541, SO AS TO CHANGE ROUTE FRO… · 21–18 January 29, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541 BY INSERTING SUBSTITUTE AF… · 18–21 January 29, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541 AS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHO… · 24–4 February 5, 1859 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT AS MADE IN COMMITTEE OF… · 24–18 February 5, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541, BY SUBSTITUTING FOR ALL A… · 15–32 February 5, 1859 · TO AMEND H. 541, SO AS TO AUTHORIZE MAYORS OF… · 19–22 February 5, 1859 · TO AMEND H. 541 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE CORPORATIO… · 19–27 February 5, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541 SO AS TO EXTEND THE PROPOS… · 22–21 February 5, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541 SO AS TO SPECIFY SUMS OF M… · 18–24 February 5, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT AS MADE IN THE COMMITT… · 17–19 February 5, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 541 AS MADE I… · 12–21 February 5, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 541 AS MADE I… · 13–20 February 5, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 541 AS MADE I… · 13–18 February 7, 1859 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 541 AS MADE I… · 29–24 February 7, 1859 · TO TABLE H. R. 541. (P.860, COL.3) · 21–25 February 7, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541 BY INSERTION TO PROVIDE TH… · 5–35 February 8, 1859 · TO AMEND H. R. 541, BY INSERTING SUBSTITUTE A… · 23–21 March 3, 1859 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H. R. 541, RE… · 23–25
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 7 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 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.

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

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

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

Illinois 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

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

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

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

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

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no

Texas 1 yes, 1 no

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

Vermont 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 64 members

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