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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · April 20, 1870
SJR121
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121, (16 STAT 378, APP MAY 31, 1870) THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY RESOLUTION, BY STRIKING THE PORTION AWARDING RAILROAD COMPANY SECTIONS OF LAND IN CASE ANY STATE OR TERRITORY THROUGH WHICH…
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Every roll call on SJR121
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 5 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 every one voted no; 4 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 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, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NAY
- Willard Warner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abijah Gilbert (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Ward Osborn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Yates (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Vickers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Pool (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Carter Abbott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Milton Thayer (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Weston Tipton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Republican) — NAY
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Scott (Republican) — NAY
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NAY
- William Sprague (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Smith Fowler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Gannaway Brownlow (Republican) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Francis Lewis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waitman Thomas Willey (Republican) — YEA
Official records
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