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Senate recorded vote (40th Congress) · July 3, 1868
SJR139

Recorded vote

TO CONSIDER S.J.RES. 139, A BILL EXCLUDING FROM THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE THE VOTES OF STATES LATELY IN REBELLION WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REORGANIZED. (P. 3712-1)

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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.

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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 SJR139

July 1, 1868 · TO POSTPONE THE REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS SO … · 19–20 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT TO S.J.RES. 139 SO AS … · 19–20 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND H.J.RES. 139 BY PROVIDING THAT SUCH … · 5–31 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND S.J.RES. 139 BY ELIMINATING THE WORD… · 17–21 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND S.J.RES. 139, IN ORDER TO PROHIBIT … · 17–18 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND S.J.RES. 139 BY STRIKING ALL AFTER T… · 8–29 July 10, 1868 · TO AMEND S.J.RES. 139 BY AUTHORIZING THE INCL… · 23–14 July 10, 1868 · TO PASS J.J.RES. 139, AS AMENDED. (P. 3926-3) · 29–5 July 11, 1868 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 139, (15 STAT 257, 7/20/1… · 110–23 July 11, 1868 · TO PASS S. J. RES. 139, (15 STAT 257, 7/20/18… · 112–21 July 11, 1868 · TO CONCUR IN THE AMENDMENTS OF THE HOUSE TO S… · 19–15 July 20, 1868 · TO PASS S.J.RES. 139. (P. 4236-1) · 45–8
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 5 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

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

California 1 yes, 1 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 58 members

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