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House recorded vote (40th Congress) · March 10, 1868
H.R. 907

Recorded vote

TO PASS H. R. 907, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF CERTAIN LANDS AND LOTS ON THE SEA ISLANDS OF BEAUFORT DISTRICT SOUTH CAROLINA, AND FOR OTHER PROPOSES.

Passage
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.

The map

How each state's members voted

In 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 1 every one voted no; 11 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 5 yes, 3 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 12 yes, 4 no, 15 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 6 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 4 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 9 yes, 3 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 4 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 4 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 7 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: no member on this roll call
  40. Tennessee: 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Connecticut 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Maryland 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Vermont 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 190 members

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