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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · February 27, 1871
H.R. 2579

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR CHINA MAIL SERVICE FROM ONE-HALF MILLION TO ONE MILLION. (P. 1701-3, 1725-1, 2)

Bill actionBudget & spending
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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. 2579

February 25, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 REDUC… · 17–30 February 25, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 (16 STAT 5718 APP MAR. 3,… · 21–23 February 25, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMEND. TO H. R. 2579 STRIKING AN … · 27–24 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 MAKING IT… · 28–35 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 WHICH AME… · 34–22 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579, WHICH AM… · 20–21 February 27, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 BY PROVIDING THAT $1.00 P… · 26–27 February 27, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 BY PROVIDING THAT TEN PER… · 19–32 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 PROVIDING… · 30–29 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT PROVIDING THAT STEAMSHIPS … · 33–17 February 27, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2579 RELATING … · 26–28 February 27, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 BY PROVIDING THAT IT SHAL… · 18–34 February 27, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 BY STRIKING OUT ALL AFTER… · 14–38 February 27, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2579 BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR… · 32–22 March 3, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. R. 2… · 33–20
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 8 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 0 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.

California 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

Illinois 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 74 members

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