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House recorded vote (42nd Congress) · February 8, 1872
H.R. 1043

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 1043.

Passage
01
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.

03
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. 1043

February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, A BILL TO ESTABLISH AN ED… · 103–107 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY MAKING THE FIRST TEN Y… · 125–83 February 7, 1872 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER ADOPTION OF A… · 110–88 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY PROVIDING THAT FUNDS M… · 115–81 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY ESTABLISHING POPULATIO… · 76–118 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY PROVIDING THAT ON THE … · 100–108 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY PAYING THE ENTIRE PROC… · 53–132 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY PROVIDING THAT NO MINE… · 42–145 February 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1043, BY DEVOTING THE MONEY FRO… · 67–146 February 7, 1872 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON H.R.… · 116–94 February 8, 1872 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER REJECTION OF AN… · 111–96 February 8, 1872 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF H.R… · 112–98
The map

How each state's members voted

In 10 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 22 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 8 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 5 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 16 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 7 yes, 4 no
  22. Ohio: 9 yes, 10 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 5 yes, 14 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 2 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 4 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 9 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 3 yes, 5 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 4 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 5 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 3 yes, 3 no
  48. Georgia: 3 yes, 4 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 3 no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 1 yes, 0 no

Kansas 1 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maine 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

Oregon 0 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 240 members

Select any member to pull their file.