The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 31, BY INSERTING AN ADDITIONAL SECTION PROVIDING THAT THE LANDS GRANTED SHALL BE APPLIED EXCLUSIVELY IN AND OF CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A SPECIFIED PORTION OF THE RAILROAD.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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.
Every roll call on S. 31
How each state's senators voted
In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 4 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: no member on this roll call
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: no member on this roll call
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: no member on this roll call
- North Carolina: no member on this roll call
- South Carolina: no member on this roll call
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- Florida: no member on this roll call
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander McDougall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Conness (Republican) — NAY
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Read Riddle (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NAY
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Richardson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reverdy Johnson (Unionist) — NAY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Fessenden (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Clark (Republican) — YEA
- John Parker Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Rollin Buckalew (Democrat) — NAY
- Edgar Cowan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NAY
- William Sprague (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Foot (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 49 members
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