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Senate recorded vote (43rd Congress) · June 17, 1874
H.R. 3094

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 3094, BY RESTORING THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE.

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. 3094

May 20, 1874 · TO PROVIDE 1 HR. AND 30 MIN. FOR DEBATE ON H.… · 120–92 May 21, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 3094, THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIA… · 134–71 June 17, 1874 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3094 (18-STAT-L… · 23–31 June 17, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 3094, BY PERMITTING THE CONGRES… · 28–27 June 17, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 3094, BY ALLOWING PUBLIC DOCUME… · 33–26 June 17, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 3094, BY PROVIDING THAT 300,000… · 27–27 June 19, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 3094, THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIA… · 126–112 June 19, 1874 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 3094, (… · 113–119 June 22, 1874 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3094. · 19–21
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 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.