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Senate recorded vote (38th Congress) · January 16, 1864
S. 36

Recorded vote

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY PROVIDING THAT COLORED TROOPS ENLISTED AND MUSTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES ARE TO BE CREDITED ONLY TO THE STATE IN WHICH THEY ENLISTED.

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 S. 36

January 12, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36, (13 STAT L. 6… · 15–25 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY REPEALING THAT PORTION OF T… · 12–28 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36, BY REDUCING T… · 31–6 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY PROPOSING T… · 23–13 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY PROVIDING THAT ALL MONIES P… · 10–26 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY EXCLUDING M… · 28–10 January 14, 1864 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDED AMENDMENT TO S. 36, W… · 28–12 January 14, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY PROVIDING THAT DRAFTEES SHA… · 12–29 January 15, 1864 · TO CONCUR, IN THE AMENDMENT TO AMENDMENT TO S… · 24–17 January 15, 1864 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMANT TO S. 36, WHICH PR… · 16–24 January 15, 1864 · TO AMEND THE S. 36 BY ELIMINATING THE SECTION… · 13–24 January 15, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY ELIMINATING THAT SECTION PR… · 15–24 January 15, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY PROPOSING THAT, IN ADDITION… · 16–28 January 15, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY REDUCING TH… · 27–16 January 15, 1864 · TO AGREE TO AMENDMENT S. 36 WHICH SUBSTITUTES… · 22–19 January 15, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY PROVIDING THAT ANY SURGEON … · 33–7 January 16, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY STIPULATING… · 14–28 January 16, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT T… · 11–31 January 16, 1864 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 36 BY INCREASING … · 18–21 January 16, 1864 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDED AMENDMENT TO S. 36 WH… · 6–34 January 18, 1864 · TO AMEND S. 36 BY EXEMPTING FROM MILITARY SER… · 5–33 January 18, 1864 · TO PASS S. 36. · 30–10 January 28, 1864 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY W… · 47–94 January 28, 1864 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH S. 36 (13 STA… · 100–44 February 12, 1864 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY W… · 107–39 February 12, 1864 · TO TABLE S. 36 (13 STAT 379-JULY 4, 1864), TH… · 48–88 February 12, 1864 · TO CONCUR IN THE 22ND AMENDMENT TO S. 36 (13 … · 84–71 February 12, 1864 · TO CONCUR IN THE 25TH AMENDMENT TO S. 36 (13 … · 66–86 February 12, 1864 · TO PASS S. 36 (13 STAT 379-JULY 4, 1864), THE… · 94–65 February 18, 1864 · TO PRINT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 36. · 11–25 February 19, 1864 · TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMM… · 71–23 February 19, 1864 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 36, S… · 26–16
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 4 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: no member on this roll call
  41. North Carolina: no member on this roll call
  42. South Carolina: no member on this roll call
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: no member on this roll call
  46. Mississippi: no member on this roll call
  47. Alabama: no member on this roll call
  48. Georgia: no member on this roll call
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: no member on this roll call
  51. 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 49 members

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