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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · January 11, 1871
SJR262

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY PROVIDING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL INQUIRE WHETHER THE CONSTITUTION OF DOMINICA FORBIDS HER GOVERNMENT TO CEDE TERRITORY TO A FOREIGN POWER. (P. 431-1)

AmendmentForeign affairs
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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on SJR262

December 20, 1870 · TO DISCONTINUE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. J.… · 30–23 December 20, 1870 · TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF S. J. RES.… · 36–17 December 21, 1870 · TO ADJOURN. (P. 252-1) · 11–33 December 21, 1870 · TO REFER S. J. RES. 262 TO THE COMMITTEE ON F… · 13–31 December 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. 4. RES. 262 BY PROVIDING THAT THE… · 10–33 December 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY PROVIDING THAT NON… · 16–28 December 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY FINDING OUT WHETHE… · 11–32 December 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY FORBIDDING THE COM… · 12–32 December 21, 1870 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY ASCERTAINING IF AN… · 12–30 December 21, 1870 · TO PASS S. J. RES. 262. · 32–9 January 9, 1871 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONSIDER S.J. RES. 2… · 121–62 January 9, 1871 · TO SUSPEND RULES AND PASS S.J. RES. 262. (P. … · 113–67 January 9, 1871 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONSIDER S.J. RES. 2… · 124–59 January 10, 1871 · TO AMEND S.J. RES. 262 BY PROVIDING THAT NOTH… · 108–76 January 10, 1871 · TO PASS S.J. RES. 262. · 123–63 January 11, 1871 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY HAVING THE COMMISS… · 20–36 January 11, 1871 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262, BY PROVIDING THAT IN… · 16–40 January 11, 1871 · TO AMEND S. J. RES. 262 BY PROVIDING THAT COM… · 10–43 January 11, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN A HOUSE AMENDMENT TO S. J. RES. … · 57–0
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 7 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 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, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

California 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Illinois 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 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

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 72 members

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