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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · May 11, 1870
H.R. 974

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY APPROPRIATING $13,000 TO ENABLE AMERICAN CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN 1871 LONDON INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT. (P. 3352-3, 3353-3)

AmendmentBudget & spending
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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

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 974

February 25, 1870 · TO AMEND H.R. 974 (16 STAT 230, 7/12/70), A B… · 101–48 February 25, 1870 · TO AMEND H.R. 974, SO AS TO REPEAL AN ACT CRE… · 82–63 May 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY PROVIDING $500,000 FOR … · 41–15 May 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY ELIMINATING A $14,500 A… · 19–38 May 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY INCREASING FROM $2,200 … · 20–29 May 23, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974, A BILL MAKING LEGISLATIVE… · 6–38 May 23, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY PLACING ON A PARITY CLE… · 29–11 May 23, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY APPROPRIATING $100,000 … · 25–25 May 23, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY ELIMINATING AN APPROPRI… · 11–34 May 24, 1870 · TO POSTPONE H. R. 974 IN ORDER TO CONSIDER RE… · 37–9 May 25, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY MAKING ACCEPTANCE OF A … · 16–29 May 25, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY PROVIDING THAT ACCEPTAN… · 34–19 May 26, 1870 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 974 APPROP… · 21–26 May 27, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY STRIKING THE CLAUSE PAY… · 21–32 May 27, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY GIVING EQUAL COMPENSATI… · 36–20 May 27, 1870 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 974 APPROP… · 42–10 May 27, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY APPROPRIATING $100,000 … · 28–25 May 27, 1870 · TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY INCREASING THE SALARIES… · 25–21 May 27, 1870 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMEN TO H. 974 INCREASING … · 31–16 June 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H.R. 974 (16 STAT 230, 7/12/70), A B… · 79–74 June 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H.R. 974, BY PROVIDING THAT $500,000… · 25–127 June 11, 1870 · TO AMEND H.R. 974, BY ADDING SEVEN SECTIONS T… · 30–122 June 11, 1870 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS 177-181 TO H.R… · 79–65 July 9, 1870 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H.R. 974 (1… · 92–41
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 6 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: no member on this roll call
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
  51. 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.

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Illinois 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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 Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 72 members

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