The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 131 BY PROPOSING TO INSERT AT END OF SECTION 5 THAT THE BOARD WHENEVER THEY REJECT AN APPLICANT MUST MAKE A NOTE STATING BRIEFLY GROUNDS FOR REJECTION AND ALSO THAT WHEN A NAME HAS BEEN REGISTERED …
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.
Every roll call on S. 131
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 3 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cornelius Cole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Conness (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orris Sanford Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Garrett Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- James Guthrie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilson (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reverdy Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Ramsey (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Sheldon Norton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Milton Thayer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Weston Tipton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Denison Morgan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Wade (Republican) — YEA
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Henry Williams (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Winslow Corbett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NAY
- William Sprague (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Trotter Patterson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Smith Fowler (Republican) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NAY
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Rood Doolittle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 53 members
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