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Senate recorded vote (42nd Congress) · May 7, 1872
H.R. 1070

Recorded vote

QUESTION ON GERMANENESS OF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH APPROPRIATES $75,000 FOR STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Bill actionBudget & spending
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The question

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

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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. 1070

May 3, 1872 · TO LIMIT DEBATE ON AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 1070, T… · 29–21 May 3, 1872 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH PROVID… · 15–35 May 3, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, BY ADDING A PROVISO THAT … · 29–19 May 6, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, BY APPROPRIATING $300,000… · 33–15 May 6, 1872 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH ABOLIS… · 29–22 May 6, 1872 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH APPROP… · 20–25 May 6, 1872 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH ESTABL… · 21–20 May 6, 1872 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF EXECUTIVE BUSI… · 22–21 May 7, 1872 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH SE… · 26–20 May 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, BY ADDING THAT NO-ONE WHO… · 31–21 May 7, 1872 · TO CONCUR IN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH AL… · 25–16 May 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, BY APPROPRIATING $400,000… · 25–24 May 7, 1872 · TO TABLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH PROVID… · 27–21 May 7, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, BY ADDING THAT IF THE PAC… · 23–18 May 7, 1872 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DEBATE ON H.R.… · 13–21 May 21, 1872 · TO AMEND H.R. 1070, A POST OFFICE APPROPRIATI… · 88–109 May 21, 1872 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070. … · 110–87 May 21, 1872 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070. … · 64–112 May 24, 1872 · TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070, WHICH … · 28–28 May 27, 1872 · TO RECEDE IN ITS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1070. THE… · 79–113
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 2 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: 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

California 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Virginia 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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