The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE STRIKING OUT THE TAX ON MATCHES IN H.R. 2045, A BILL TO REDUCE INTERNAL TAXES. (P. 3991-3)
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 H.R. 2045
How each state's members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 17 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 5 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 15 yes, 10 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 10 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 8 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 5 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 3 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Eliab Buck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hays (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Waldron Buckley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Myndert Dox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Stell Heflin (Republican) — NAY
- William Crawford Sherrod (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Logan Holt Roots (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Boles (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NAY
- James Augustus Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Beach Axtell (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Howard Starkweather (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Levi Strong (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Wright Kellogg (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Illinois 5 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — NAY
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — NAY
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — NAY
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Hale Moore (Republican) — YEA
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — YEA
- John Baldwin Hawley (Republican) — YEA
- John Breese Hay (Republican) — NAY
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — YEA
- John Montgomery Crebs (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — NAY
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thompson Ware McNeely (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 5 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- James Noble Tyner (Republican) — YEA
- Jasper Packard (Republican) — YEA
- John Coburn (Republican) — YEA
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NAY
- William Williams (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Sidney Clarke (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Boyd Winchester (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NAY
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — NAY
- John McConnell Rice (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Horace Lewis (Democrat) — NAY
- Lawrence Strother Trimble (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Northcut Sweeney (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 10 yes, 0 no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — YEA
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — YEA
- George Merrick Brooks (Republican) — YEA
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
- James Buffinton (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — YEA
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — YEA
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Stone (Democrat) — NAY
- Patrick Hamill (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Hambleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Swann (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NAY
- John Andrew Peters (Republican) — YEA
- John Lynch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Plummer Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene McLanahan Wilson (Democrat) — NAY
- Morton Smith Wilkinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 3 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Patterson Dyer (Republican) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NAY
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (Republican) — NAY
- James Robinson McCormick (Democrat) — NAY
- Joel Funk Asper (Republican) — YEA
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Clinton Levering Cobb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Heaton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Edwin Shober (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Israel George Lash (Republican) — YEA
- Oliver Hart Dockery (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Taffe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Benton (Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Hart Ela (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 5 no
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 15 yes, 10 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — YEA
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (Republican) — YEA
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Knapp (Republican) — YEA
- Clarkson Nott Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- David Smith Bennett (Republican) — YEA
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — YEA
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Cowles (Republican) — NAY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — YEA
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Augustus Reeves (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Warner Slocum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Ashley Griswold (Democrat) — NAY
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Fisher (Republican) — YEA
- John Fox (Democrat) — NAY
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — YEA
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NAY
- Noah Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — YEA
- Porter Sheldon (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Sanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 8 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (Republican) — NAY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob A. Ambler (Republican) — YEA
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James January Winans (Republican) — NAY
- Job Evans Stevenson (Republican) — NAY
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — YEA
- John Armstrong Smith (Republican) — YEA
- John Beatty (Republican) — YEA
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- Martin Welker (Republican) — YEA
- Peter Wilson Strader (Democrat) — NAY
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — YEA
- William Hanford Upson (Republican) — YEA
- William Lawrence (Republican) — NAY
- William Mungen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 10 yes, 6 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — YEA
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan (Republican) — YEA
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — NAY
- Darwin Phelps (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — NAY
- James Scott Negley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Black Packer (Republican) — YEA
- John Cessna (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Covode (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Benton Donley (Republican) — YEA
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver James Dickey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NAY
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — YEA
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Hepburn Armstrong (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Allen Jenckes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 5 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Maynard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Tillman (Republican) — YEA
- Roderick Randum Butler (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell (Republican) — YEA
- William Brickly Stokes (Republican) — YEA
- William Farrand Prosser (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Jay Smith (Republican) — YEA
Texas 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 3 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Howell Porter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George William Booker (Conservative) — YEA
- James Henry Platt Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- James King Gibson (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis McKenzie (Conservative) — NAY
- Richard Small Ayer (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Ridgway (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- William Milnes Jr. (Conservative) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia 2 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 231 members
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