The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · June 17, 1870
Recorded vote
TO POSTPONE PRESENT AND PRIOR ORDERS AND TAKE UP H. R. 1950, MADE DURING DEBATE ON S. 114, A BILL ENFORCING THE 14TH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEMDMENT. (P. 4546-3)
Other
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 map
How each state's senators voted
In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 8 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abijah Gilbert (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Ward Osborn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Gibson Ross (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Merritt Howard (Republican) — YEA
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Ramsey (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Sheldon Norton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adelbert Ames (Republican) — NAY
- Hiram Rhodes Revels (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Pool (Republican) — YEA
- 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Willis Patterson (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Gilmore Cattell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Henry Williams (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Winslow Corbett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sprague (Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Winright Flanagan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton (Republican) — NAY
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 72 members
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