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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · August 15, 1870

Recorded vote

TO ADJOURN IN ORDER TO DELAY ACTION ON THE SUSPENSION OF H. G. PARKER AND CERTAIN SUPERINTENDENTS OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND INDIAN AGENTS WHOSE PLACES HAVE BEEN FILLED BY OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AS TRANSMITTED IN THE…

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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 map

How each state's senators voted

In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 6 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: no member on this roll call
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 71 members

Select any member to pull their file.