The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 390, (13 STAT. L. 504), A BILL RELATING TO THE POSTAL LAWS, BY ELIMINATING THE THIRD SECTION WHICH SPECIFIES THAT FULL POSTAGE SHALL BE PREPAID AT THE PLACE OF PUBLICATION ON PERIODICALS OF ALL KIN…
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 3 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lafayette Sabine Foster (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Smith Lane (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Unionist) — NOT VOTING
- Lazarus Whitehead Powell (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reverdy Johnson (Unionist) — NAY
- Thomas Holliday Hicks (Unconditional Unionist) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Merritt Howard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Warren Nye (Republican) — YEA
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Harding (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Willis Nesmith (Democrat) — YEA
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Collamer (Republican) — NAY
- Solomon Foot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 51 members
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