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Senate recorded vote (40th Congress) · January 27, 1869
S. 256

Recorded vote

TO PASS AS AMENDED THE BILL S. 256.

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 256

March 25, 1868 · TO CONSIDER S. 256 A BILL AUTHORIZING THE CON… · 20–17 March 25, 1868 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. 256, … · 17–26 July 25, 1868 · TO RESUME CONSIDERATION OF S. 256 RELATING TO… · 16–28 January 20, 1869 · TO PROCEED WITH THE CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL… · 22–22 January 25, 1869 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF S. 256, AND TO P… · 21–30 January 27, 1869 · TO POSTPONE S. 256 AND TO PROCEED WITH THE CO… · 32–26 January 27, 1869 · TO AMEND THE BILL S. 256 SO AS TO STRIKE OUT … · 23–29 January 27, 1869 · TO AMEND S. 256 SO AS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING "N… · 25–27 January 27, 1869 · TO AMEND S. 256 SO AS TO INSERT AFTER THE PRO… · 34–17 February 4, 1869 · TO CONSIDER THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE… · 24–28
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 9 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: no member on this roll call
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  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.

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 66 members

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