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Senate recorded vote (39th Congress) · March 9, 1866
HJR51

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY PROTECTING SUFFRAGE AND POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS OF CITIZENS REGARDLESS OF RACE OR COLOR. (P. 1287-2)

AmendmentCivil rights
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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 HJR51

January 29, 1866 · TO ADJOURN WHILE CONSIDERING H. J. RES. 51, A… · 66–41 January 30, 1866 · TO REFER H. J. RES. 51 TO THE COMMITTEE OF TH… · 37–133 January 31, 1866 · TO PASS H. J. RES. 51. (P. 508, 538) · 120–46 January 31, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY PROVIDING THAT REPR… · 29–131 March 9, 1866 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 51, A RES… · 11–36 March 9, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY GRANTING EQUAL CIVI… · 8–39 March 9, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY PROVIDING THAT WHER… · 26–20 March 9, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY PROVIDING FOR CONSI… · 11–32 March 9, 1866 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 51 BY PREVENTING ABRIDGEM… · 8–37 March 9, 1866 · TO PASS H. J. RES. 51 PROPOSING TO AMEND THE … · 25–22
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 1 state 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, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 1 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.

Illinois 1 yes, 1 no

Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 50 members

Select any member to pull their file.