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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · April 20, 1870
SJR121

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY PROVIDING THAT WHATEVER LANDS ARE UNDISPOSED OF WITHIN 10 YEARS SHALL BE OPEN IN USUAL MANNER, TO SETTLEMENT AT $1,25 PER ACRE. (P. 2846-1)

Amendment
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
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 SJR121

April 11, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. R. 121 (16 STAT 378, APP MAY 3… · 30–9 April 11, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY GIVING THE COMPANY… · 15–26 April 11, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY ALLOWING THE COMPA… · 15–22 April 11, 1870 · TO TABLE AND PRINT S. J. RES. 121. (P. 2584-… · 9–29 April 11, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY STRIKING THE CLAUS… · 7–27 April 20, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121, (16 STAT 378, APP MA… · 11–41 April 20, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY PROVIDING THAT LAN… · 13–34 April 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY PROVIDING THAT IN … · 12–35 April 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY PROVIDING THAT ALL… · 38–8 April 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 121 BY PROVIDING FOR EXCL… · 27–18 April 21, 1870 · TO PASS S. J. RES. 121. (JP. 531) · 40–11 May 5, 1870 · TO TABLE S.J. RES. 121 (16 STAT 378, 5/31/70)… · 58–86 May 5, 1870 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ORDERING THE MAIN QUES… · 60–84 May 5, 1870 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE C… · 133–2 May 11, 1870 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THE THIRD READING OF… · 77–92 May 23, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT A C… · 85–87 May 25, 1870 · TO ORDER THE MAIN QUESTION ON S.J. RES. 121. … · 107–66 May 25, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING FURTHER … · 78–105 May 25, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT ALL… · 73–104 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT AS … · 85–96 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT NOT… · 89–92 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING FOR THE … · 68–117 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT ANY… · 69–112 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT SAI… · 62–96 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT THE… · 52–115 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT THE… · 67–100 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY STRIKING OUT THE W… · 60–105 May 26, 1870 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 121, BY PROVIDING THAT THE… · 71–95 May 26, 1870 · TO TABLE S.J. RES. 121. (P. 3852-3) · 77–110 May 26, 1870 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THE THIRD READING OF… · 105–82 May 26, 1870 · TO PASS S.J. RES. 121. (P. 3263-1) · 107–85
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 3 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: no member on this roll call
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 72 members

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