The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 594 (16 STAT 419, 2/21/71), BY GRANTING PRIVILEGE OF VOTING TO ALL PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF SEX, EXCEPT THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY INCAPACITATED AND PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF INFAMOUS CRIMES. S…
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 S. 594
How each state's members voted
In 1 state every member on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 21 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 4 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 22 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 4 yes, 3 no, 3 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: 4 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 6 no
- Ohio: 3 yes, 9 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 14 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 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, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 3 no
- Virginia: 3 yes, 3 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 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 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Eliab Buck (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Hays (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Waldron Buckley (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Myndert Dox (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Stell Heflin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Crawford Sherrod (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Astley Cooper Rogers (Democrat) — NAY
- Logan Holt Roots (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Boles (Republican) — NAY
California 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — YEA
- James Augustus Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Beach Axtell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jefferson Franklin Long (Republican) — YEA
- Marion Bethune (Republican) — NAY
- Pierce Manning Butler Young (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Price (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 4 yes, 2 no
Illinois 2 yes, 9 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — NAY
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — NAY
- Horatio Chapin Burchard (Republican) — NAY
- Jesse Hale Moore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Baldwin Hawley (Republican) — NAY
- John Breese Hay (Republican) — NAY
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — YEA
- John Montgomery Crebs (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — NAY
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — YEA
- Thompson Ware McNeely (Democrat) — NAY
Indiana 5 yes, 6 no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — YEA
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — YEA
- James Noble Tyner (Republican) — NAY
- Jasper Packard (Republican) — YEA
- John Coburn (Republican) — YEA
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — YEA
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — NAY
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — NAY
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — NAY
- William Williams (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Sidney Clarke (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Boyd Winchester (Democrat) — NAY
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NAY
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — NAY
- John McConnell Rice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Horace Lewis (Democrat) — NAY
- Lawrence Strother Trimble (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Laurens Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- William Northcut Sweeney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 2 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 4 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — YEA
- George Merrick Brooks (Republican) — NAY
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Buffinton (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — YEA
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NAY
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — NAY
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 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NAY
- John Andrew Peters (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Lynch (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Plummer Morrill (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Blair (Republican) — NAY
- Fernando Cortez Beaman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — NAY
- Randolph Strickland (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lewis Stoughton (Republican) — YEA
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, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- David Patterson Dyer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — NAY
- Gustavus Adolphus Finkelnburg (Republican) — YEA
- James Robinson McCormick (Democrat) — NAY
- Joel Funk Asper (Republican) — YEA
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Swinfin Burdett (Republican) — YEA
- Sempronius Hamilton Boyd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Taffe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Haight (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hill (Republican) — NAY
- John Taylor Bird (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Orestes Cleveland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Moore (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Fitch (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 22 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — NAY
- Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (Republican) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Bailey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Horace Holmes (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Knapp (Republican) — NAY
- Clarkson Nott Potter (Democrat) — NAY
- David Smith Bennett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Cowles (Republican) — NAY
- Giles Waldo Hotchkiss (Republican) — NAY
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Augustus Reeves (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Warner Slocum (Democrat) — NAY
- Hervey Chittenden Calkin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Brooks (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Ashley Griswold (Democrat) — NAY
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — YEA
- John Fisher (Republican) — NAY
- John Fox (Democrat) — NAY
- John Godfrey Schumaker (Democrat) — NAY
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — NAY
- Porter Sheldon (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Lorenzo Mayham (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Sanford (Republican) — NAY
- William Almon Wheeler (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 3 yes, 9 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Fenwick Dickinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Eliakim Hastings Moore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Erasmus Darwin Peck (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
- Jacob A. Ambler (Republican) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — NAY
- James January Winans (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Job Evans Stevenson (Republican) — YEA
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Armstrong Smith (Republican) — NAY
- John Beatty (Republican) — NAY
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Welker (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Wilson Strader (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Hanford Upson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
- William Mungen (Democrat) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 4 yes, 14 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Calvin Willard Gilfillan (Republican) — NAY
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Darwin Phelps (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Woodward (Democrat) — NAY
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — NAY
- James Scott Negley (Republican) — YEA
- John Black Packer (Republican) — NAY
- John Cessna (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dodson Stiles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Benton Donley (Republican) — NAY
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — NAY
- Oliver James Dickey (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Jacobs Haldeman (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — NAY
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — NAY
- Washington Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — YEA
- William Hepburn Armstrong (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stuart Wallace (Republican) — NAY
- Christopher Columbus Bowen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Hayne Rainey (Republican) — NAY
- Solomon Lafayette Hoge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Maynard (Republican) — YEA
- Isaac Roberts Hawkins (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Tillman (Republican) — NAY
- Roderick Randum Butler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Mayes Arnell (Republican) — YEA
- William Brickly Stokes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Farrand Prosser (Republican) — YEA
- William Jay Smith (Republican) — YEA
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Degener (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Whitmore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Coggswell Conner (Democrat) — NAY
- William Thomas Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 3 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Howell Porter (Republican) — YEA
- George William Booker (Conservative) — NAY
- James Henry Platt Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- James King Gibson (Conservative) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis McKenzie (Conservative) — NAY
- Richard Small Ayer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Thomas Walker Duke (Conservative) — NAY
- William Milnes Jr. (Conservative) — YEA
Vermont 1 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 4 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 3 no
Every vote, by name — 238 members
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