The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · May 27, 1870
H.R. 974
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H. R. 974 BY GIVING EQUAL COMPENSATION TO SIMILAR MALE AND FEMALE GOVERNMENT CLERKS. (P. 3891-3)
Amendment
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 every one voted no; 10 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abijah Gilbert (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Ward Osborn (Republican) — YEA
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Bruen Howell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Harlan (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Gibson Ross (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Spafford Harris (Republican) — YEA
- William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Ramsey (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Sheldon Norton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Schurz (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Daniel Drake (Republican) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adelbert Ames (Republican) — YEA
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Milton Thayer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Weston Tipton (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Francis Lewis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NAY
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 72 members
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