The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ENGROSS S. J. RES. 306 (16 STAT 703, APP FEB. 23, 1871), A BILL PRESCRIBING THE OATH TO BE TAKEN BY SENATOR ELBERT H. V. M. MILLER AS SENATOR FROM GEORGIA. (P. 1184-3)
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- 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).
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What was on the floor
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How each state's senators voted
In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 11 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Warner (Republican) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander McDonald (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Franklin Rice (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Orris Sanford Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Buckingham (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no
- Joshua Hill (Republican) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Bruen Howell (Republican) — NAY
- James Harlan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Yates (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Merritt Howard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Schurz (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Henry Williams (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Winslow Corbett (Republican) — YEA
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waitman Thomas Willey (Republican) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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