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Senate recorded vote (43rd Congress) · January 9, 1874
H.R. 793

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY PROVIDING THAT REDUCTIONS IN DEPARTMENT HEADS' SALARIES TAKE EFFECT AS OF MARCH 28, 1873, AND THAT MONTHLY DEDUCTIONS FROM SALARIES BE MADE AT A RATE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THIS PROVISION…

Amendment
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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. 793

December 17, 1873 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 168–94 December 17, 1873 · TO AMEND H.R. 793, (18 STAT. 4, 1/20/74), THE… · 75–192 December 17, 1873 · TO AMEND H. R. 793, BY TAKING THE PRESIDENT'S… · 71–185 December 17, 1873 · TO AMEND H.R. 793, BY PROVIDING THAT CONGRESS… · 156–101 December 17, 1873 · TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 793. · 167–105 December 17, 1873 · TO AMEND H.R. 793, BY SETTING CONGRESSMENS' S… · 139–130 December 17, 1873 · TO ORDER ENGROSSMENT AND 3RD READING OF H.R. … · 158–105 December 17, 1873 · TO ORDER MAIN QUESTION ON H.R. 793. · 131–130 January 7, 1874 · TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF LATENESS OF THE HOUR, M… · 27–29 January 7, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING DISCUSSION ON … · 27–26 January 8, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 (18-STAT-L.4), BY REDUCING … · 14–45 January 8, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793, BY REDUCING MILEAGE TO ONE… · 30–33 January 8, 1874 · TO AMENDH.R. 793 BY REPEALING THAT PROTION OF… · 32–29 January 9, 1874 · WHEN THE SENATE ADJOURNS TODAY IT BE TO MEET … · 32–29 January 9, 1874 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 793 TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVI… · 19–41 January 9, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY FIXING CONGRESSMEN'S SAL… · 31–28 January 9, 1874 · TO PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE BUSINESS, MOTION MADE… · 28–30 January 9, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY FIXING A SALARY AT $5,00… · 35–25 January 9, 1874 · TO PROCEED TO MOTION DURING CONSIDERATION OF … · 31–29 January 12, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY ELIMINATING A PORTION RE… · 29–21 January 12, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY PROVIDING THE SAME APPRO… · 47–9 January 12, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY FIXING THE SALARY OF THE… · 18–40 January 12, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY REPEALING A PORTION OF B… · 37–14 January 12, 1874 · TO AMEND H.R. 793 BY PROVIDING THAT THE SALAR… · 16–43 January 12, 1874 · TO PASS H.R. 793. · 50–8 January 13, 1874 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 793. T… · 225–25
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 1 yes, 0 no

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 72 members

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