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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · February 22, 1871
H.R. 2615

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 PROVIDING TO INSERT AFTER LINE 252, $15,000 TO BE USED WITH THE CHIPPEWAS AT LAKE SUPERIOR, ETC. (P. 1501-2)

Bill action
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
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

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 2615

February 22, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615, SAID… · 23–19 February 22, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2615 BY STRIKING THE APPROPRIA… · 11–33 February 23, 1871 · TO POSTPONE H. R. 2615 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CON… · 22–29 February 23, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 STRIK… · 16–24 February 23, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2615 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATI… · 20–18 February 23, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 REDUC… · 24–17 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 APPROPRIA… · 22–19 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 PAYING TH… · 28–16 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 APPROPRIA… · 15–20 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMEND. TO H. R. 2615 PROVIDING FO… · 19–15 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2615 CONCERNIN… · 23–17 February 23, 1871 · TO SUSTAIN A DECISION OF THE CHAIR MADE DURIN… · 27–14 February 23, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT PROVIDING THAT NO SUPER… · 27–17 February 23, 1871 · TO PASS H. R. 2615. (P. 1599-3) · 38–2
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 5 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 4 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. 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 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Georgia 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 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

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 73 members

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