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Senate recorded vote (36th Congress) · February 9, 1860
H.R. 1

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R.1, BY PROVIDING THAT THE INTEREST OF 6% YEARLY ON PAYMENTS FOR SERVICE AFTER MAY 1, 1859, BE PAID TO PERSONS OTHER THAN THE MAIL CONTRACTORS, THEMSELVES SUCH AS THEIR LEGAL ASSIGNEES. (P. 720-2)

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 H.R. 1

February 6, 1860 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONSIDER H.R. 1, (12… · 157–41 February 6, 1860 · TO TABLE THE APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION OF T… · 135–59 February 6, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, BY PROVIDING THAT INTEREST A… · 76–118 February 7, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, (APP. 2-15-60), APPROPRIATIN… · 17–30 February 7, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, (APP. 2-15-60), APPROPRIATIN… · 24–32 February 8, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, (APP. 2-15-60), TO DEFRAY TH… · 28–26 February 8, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, BY PROVIDING THAT ON ALL PRI… · 23–31 February 8, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R. 1, BY REPEALING ALL LAWS AUTHOR… · 27–27 February 9, 1860 · TO POSTPONE THE SPECIAL ORDER, H.R.1, AND CON… · 35–22 February 9, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R.1, BY PROVIDING A 6% YEARLY INTE… · 36–13 February 9, 1860 · TO AMEND H.R.1, BY ABOLISHING THE FRANKING PR… · 31–21 February 14, 1860 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1 (12… · 149–21 February 15, 1860 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1, WHIC… · 60–112 February 15, 1860 · THAT THE SENATE RECEDE FROM ITS SIXTH AMENDME… · 42–11 February 15, 1860 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE SENATE RE… · 14–42
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 6 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: no member on this roll call
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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.

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Oregon 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 65 members

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