The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · April 16, 1869
Recorded vote
TO CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION OF LORENZO J. WORDEN AS DEPUTY POSTMASTER AT LAURENCE IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS AND STATE OF KANSAS. (P. 200)
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 1 state every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Warner (Republican) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cornelius Cole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Eugene Casserly (Democrat) — NAY
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Orris Sanford Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Buckingham (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Willard Saulsbury Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harlan (Republican) — NAY
- James Wilson Grimes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lyman Trumbull (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Yates (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Spafford Harris (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Vickers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 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
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Pool (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Carter Abbott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Warren Nye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Waitman Thomas Willey (Republican) — NAY
Official records
Every vote, by name — 66 members
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