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Senate recorded vote (41st Congress) · February 28, 1871
H.R. 2816

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2816 APPLYING APPROPRIATION OF JULY 15, 1870 OF $5133.43 TO PAY PERSONS ENTITLED TO AMOUNT OF EXPENSES INCURRED BY TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF MONTANA IN CALLING OUT VOLUNTEER FOR…

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. 2816

February 28, 1871 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF H. R. 2816 (16 S… · 13–41 February 28, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2816 MAKING IT… · 40–10 February 28, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2816 WHICH PRO… · 19–28 February 28, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY ADDING TO SENATOR STEW… · 27–29 February 28, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY INSERTING AMENDMENT AF… · 35–18 February 28, 1871 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 2816 EXTENDING… · 13–31 February 28, 1871 · TO TABLE AMENDMENTS TO H. R. 2816 ELIMINATING… · 23–30 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY EXTENDING THE JURISDIC… · 47–15 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY INSERTING AT THE END … · 44–16 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING C… · 23–29 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY PROVIDING THAT IN THE … · 11–48 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY EXTENDING THE PROVISIO… · 33–22 March 1, 1871 · TO AMEND H. R. 2816 BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRET… · 22–20 March 3, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN A REPORT ON H. R. 2816. (P. 196… · 25–21
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 6 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 74 members

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