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Recorded vote
TO CONCUR ON SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 95 TO H.R. 2045, WHICH AMENDMENT WOULD APPOINT AN APPRAISER OF IMPORTED MERCHANDISE AT A SALARY OF $3,000PER ANNUM AND AS MANY WEIGHERS, GAUGERS, MEASURERS, AND INSPECTORS, AS…
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What was on the floor
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Every roll call on H.R. 2045
How each state's members voted
In 13 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 11 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: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 13 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 20 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 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: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 6 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 11 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 5 yes, 13 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 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, 0 no
- Arkansas: 3 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 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 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Eliab Buck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hays (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Waldron Buckley (Republican) — YEA
- Peter Myndert Dox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Stell Heflin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Crawford Sherrod (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 3 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — YEA
- James Augustus Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Beach Axtell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Thomas Biggs (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Memorial Hamilton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Illinois 13 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — YEA
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — YEA
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — YEA
- Jesse Hale Moore (Republican) — YEA
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — YEA
- John Baldwin Hawley (Republican) — YEA
- John Breese Hay (Republican) — YEA
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — YEA
- John Montgomery Crebs (Democrat) — YEA
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — YEA
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — YEA
- Thompson Ware McNeely (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 6 yes, 2 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) — NAY
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — YEA
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Williams (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Boyd Winchester (Democrat) — YEA
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — YEA
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John McConnell Rice (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Horace Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- Lawrence Strother Trimble (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- William Northcut Sweeney (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — NAY
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Merrick Brooks (Republican) — NAY
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NAY
- James Buffinton (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — NAY
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NAY
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Hamill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- 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) — NOT VOTING
- John Andrew Peters (Republican) — NAY
- John Lynch (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Plummer Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Patterson Dyer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — YEA
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (Republican) — YEA
- James Robinson McCormick (Democrat) — YEA
- Joel Funk Asper (Republican) — YEA
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett (Republican) — YEA
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Republican) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- George Colin McKee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Emrick Harris (Republican) — YEA
- Henry W. Barry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lewis Morphis (Republican) — YEA
- Legrand Winfield Perce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Clinton Levering Cobb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Edwin Shober (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Israel George Lash (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Oliver Hart Dockery (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no
- John Taffe (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Benton (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Hart Ela (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Haight (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hill (Republican) — NAY
- John Taylor Bird (Democrat) — YEA
- Orestes Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Moore (Republican) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Fitch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 20 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (Republican) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Knapp (Republican) — NAY
- Clarkson Nott Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- David Smith Bennett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Cowles (Republican) — NAY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Augustus Reeves (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Warner Slocum (Democrat) — NAY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NAY
- John Ashley Griswold (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — NAY
- John Fisher (Republican) — NAY
- John Fox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Noah Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — NAY
- Porter Sheldon (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Sanford (Republican) — NAY
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 11 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (Republican) — NAY
- Erasmus Darwin Peck (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob A. Ambler (Republican) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James January Winans (Republican) — YEA
- Job Evans Stevenson (Republican) — YEA
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Armstrong Smith (Republican) — YEA
- John Beatty (Republican) — YEA
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Welker (Republican) — YEA
- Peter Wilson Strader (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Hanford Upson (Republican) — YEA
- William Lawrence (Republican) — NAY
- William Mungen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 5 yes, 13 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan (Republican) — NAY
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — NAY
- Darwin Phelps (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NAY
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — NAY
- James Scott Negley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Black Packer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Cessna (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Covode (Republican) — NAY
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Benton Donley (Republican) — NAY
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — YEA
- Oliver James Dickey (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — NAY
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Hepburn Armstrong (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace (Republican) — YEA
- Christopher Columbus Bowen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Maynard (Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Tillman (Republican) — YEA
- Roderick Randum Butler (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Mayes Arnell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Brickly Stokes (Republican) — YEA
- William Farrand Prosser (Republican) — YEA
- William Jay Smith (Republican) — YEA
Texas 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 1 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Howell Porter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George William Booker (Conservative) — NAY
- James Henry Platt Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James King Gibson (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis McKenzie (Conservative) — NAY
- Richard Small Ayer (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Ridgway (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- William Milnes Jr. (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Harding Duval (Republican) — NAY
- James Clark McGrew (Republican) — NAY
- John Seashoal Witcher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 231 members
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