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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · January 14, 1870
SJR85

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO S. J. RES. 85, PROVIDING THAT BEFORE A STATE LEGISLATOR RESUMES HIS SEAT HE TAKE OATH DECLARING HE HAS NEVER ENGAGED IN INSURRECTION AGAINST THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE PENALTY FOR …

Bill actionCourts & justice
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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on SJR85

January 13, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 85, A RESOLUTION DECLARIN… · 11–44 January 13, 1870 · TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, IN ORDER TO TER… · 29–26 January 14, 1870 · TO RECESS FROM 4:30 TO 7 P.M., MADE DURING CO… · 32–24 January 14, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 85 BY PREDICATING SUCH RE… · 23–35 January 14, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 85, BY ADDING A PROVISO M… · 11–44 January 14, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 85, BY PREDICATING SUCH R… · 17–22 January 17, 1870 · TO TABLE S. J. RES. 85. (JP. 108) · 25–23
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 4 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 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
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: no member on this roll call
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 1 no

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

Iowa 1 yes, 0 no

Illinois 1 yes, 1 no

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 65 members

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