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Senate recorded vote (39th Congress) · May 30, 1866
HJR127

Recorded vote

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127, OFFERED BY MR. HOWARD AND RELATING TO POLITICAL DISABILITY, BY DECLARING THAT THE PRESIDENT MAY EXERCISE HIS EXCUTIVE PARDONING POWER TO REMOVE DISABILITY, AS WELL AS T…

Amendment
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HJR127

April 30, 1866 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND TO POSTPONE THE FURT… · 107–20 May 8, 1866 · TO POSTPONE THE SPECIAL ORDER OF H. J. RES. 1… · 51–82 May 10, 1866 · TO ORDER MAIN QUESTION ON THE PASSAGE OF H. J… · 85–79 May 10, 1866 · TO PASS H. J. RES. 127. (P. 2545) · 127–37 May 29, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127, GRANTING NEGRO SUFFR… · 43–0 May 30, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127, A RE… · 10–30 May 30, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127, BY C… · 8–34 May 30, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127 DISQU… · 10–32 May 30, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127, OFFE… · 10–32 May 31, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127 OFFER… · 10–30 May 31, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 127 OFFER… · 10–32 May 31, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127 BY BARRING ANY PERSON… · 32–10 June 4, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127 BY PROVIDING THAT ALL… · 8–26 June 6, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127 BY APPORTIONING REPRE… · 7–31 June 6, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127, BY PROVIDING THAT RE… · 7–31 June 8, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127 BY STRIKING ALL AFTER… · 11–33 June 8, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127 BY STRIKING SECTION T… · 31–11 June 8, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 127, BY STRIKING SECTION … · 42–1 June 8, 1866 · TO PASS H. J. RES. 127. (P. 3042-2) · 33–11 June 13, 1866 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES.… · 137–37
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
  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, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 50 members

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