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Senate recorded vote (42nd Congress) · April 14, 1871
H.R. 320

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY SETTING THE TIME FOR EXPIRATION OF SECTION 4 FOR THE END OF THE NEXT REGULAR SESSION OF CONGRESS.

Amendment
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. 320

April 6, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, (17 STAT 13, 4/20/71), A B… · 116–86 April 6, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY REMOVING CLAUSE ALLOWIN… · 100–105 April 6, 1871 · TO TABLE MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE REJECTING … · 113–94 April 6, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY STRIKING THE SECTION EM… · 91–115 April 7, 1871 · TO PASS H.R. 320. · 118–91 April 13, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, A BILL ENFORCING THE PROVI… · 41–7 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY STRIKING OUT A PHRASE C… · 14–48 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY ADDING A CLAUSE CONCERN… · 40–23 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY INCLUDING PERSONS NOT W… · 51–14 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY EXTENDING THE ENACTING … · 23–42 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY ADDING A PHRASE REFUSIN… · 29–33 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY ADDING A SECTION WHICH … · 38–25 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY STRIKING OUT A PROVISIO… · 14–48 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY STRIKING OUT SECTION 4,… · 21–42 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY STRIKING OUT SECTION 3 … · 15–48 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY REQUIRING THE STATE LEG… · 13–45 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY PROVIDING FOR CITIES, C… · 38–24 April 14, 1871 · TO AMEND H.R. 320, BY REPEALING A STATUTE NOT… · 34–25 April 14, 1871 · TO PASS H.R. 320. · 45–19 April 15, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 320, (1… · 97–76 April 15, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 320, TH… · 86–93 April 15, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 320. T… · 45–132 April 17, 1871 · TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 320. · 17–33 April 18, 1871 · TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPOR… · 13–29 April 18, 1871 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 320. · 32–16 April 19, 1871 · TO ADOPT A CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 320, (17… · 74–106 April 19, 1871 · TO ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 320. · 93–74 April 19, 1871 · TO CONCUR IN CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 320. · 36–13
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 9 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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.

Alabama 1 yes, 0 no

California 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 70 members

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