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Senate recorded vote (43rd Congress) · February 20, 1874
S. 432

Recorded vote

TO TABLE S. 432.

Bill action
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 S. 432

February 18, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 432, A BILL AMENDING THE ACT TO P… · 28–30 February 18, 1874 · TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF LATENESS OF THE HOUR, M… · 28–35 February 18, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 432, BY INSTRUCTING THE FINANCE C… · 16–40 February 18, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 36–24 February 19, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 432, BY REPEALING PROVISIONS FOR … · 26–32 February 19, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 432, BY REPORTING A FREE BANKING … · 26–30 February 20, 1874 · TO RECONSIDER THE AMENDMENT TO S. 432, WHEREB… · 31–23 February 20, 1874 · TO AMEND A MOTION TO RECOMMIT S. 432 TO THE C… · 28–25 February 20, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION DURING CONSIDERATION OF S.… · 16–33
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 7 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, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 0 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.

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 73 members

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