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Senate recorded vote (40th Congress) · March 1, 1869
H.R. 1803

Recorded vote

TO DETERMINE IF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1803 IS GERMANE. THE AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO MAKE REPAYMENT TO MASSACHUSETTS AND MAINE FOR ADVANCES MADE TO U. S. DURING WAR WITH BRITAIN. (P. 1720)

Bill actionDefense & war
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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

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 H.R. 1803

February 19, 1869 · TO AMEND H. R. 1803, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIAT… · 79–91 February 19, 1869 · TO AMEND H. R. 1803 BY PROVIDING THAT UNTIL T… · 111–65 February 19, 1869 · TO TABLE H. R. 1803. · 33–135 February 25, 1869 · TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SUMNER AMENDMENT TO … · 19–21 March 1, 1869 · TO AMEND H.R. 1803, ARMY APPROPRIATIONS FOR F… · 12–29 March 1, 1869 · TO AMEND H.R. 1803, SO AS TO DIRECT THE PRESI… · 9–37 March 3, 1869 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. R. 1803, … · 122–26 March 3, 1869 · TO AMEND H.R. 1803, SO AS TO MAKE APPROPRIATI… · 16–25
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: no member on this roll call
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

Vermont 0 yes, 1 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 — 66 members

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