The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 88, A BILL FOR BETTER ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS IN LOUISIANA.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 3 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Goldthwaite (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Powell Clayton (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — YEA
- John Sharpenstein Hager (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Grover Wright (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — YEA
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Schurz (Liberal Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Vital Bogy (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Roberts Pease (Republican) — YEA
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NAY
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (Republican) — YEA
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Reuben Eaton Fenton (Liberal Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — YEA
- William Sprague (Liberal Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Cooper (Democrat) — NAY
- William Gannaway Brownlow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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