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Senate recorded vote (42nd Congress) · January 24, 1872
H.R. 555

Recorded vote

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 555 TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.

Bill actionBanking & finance
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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. 555

January 24, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, A BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF V… · 22–29 January 24, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY ADDING A PROVISO FOR RE… · 17–31 January 24, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY ADDING THE TOWNS OF HOL… · 17–27 January 24, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY EXTENDING THE PROVISION… · 14–25 January 24, 1872 · TO PASS H.R. 555. · 35–6 February 12, 1872 · TO RECONSIDER PASSAGE OF H.R. 555. · 25–22 March 19, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY LIMITING THE KINDS OF M… · 8–30 March 19, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY APPROPRIATING $400,000 … · 14–23 March 19, 1872 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 555, WHICH ADM… · 24–14 March 20, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY REIMBURSING PERSONS WHO… · 19–22 March 20, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY REIMBURSING THE PEOPLE … · 13–24 March 20, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY STRIKING OUT A SECTION … · 15–23 March 20, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 555, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETA… · 9–29 March 20, 1872 · TO PASS H.R. 555. · 20–17 March 21, 1872 · TO ORDER MAIN QUESTION ON H.R. 555, A BILL FO… · 94–79
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 4 states 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 2 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.

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

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

Delaware 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

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 1 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

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

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

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

Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 73 members

Select any member to pull their file.