The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (43rd Congress) · March 14, 1873
Recorded vote
TO RECEIVE THE PETITION RELATING TO JOHN ALSOP, PRAYING INDEMNITY FOR SPOLIATIONS COMMITTEE BY FRENCH CRUISERS PRIOR TO 1801.
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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 map
How each state's senators voted
In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 13 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- 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, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Powell Clayton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NAY
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abijah Gilbert (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NAY
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Caldwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Rodman West (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Sumner (Liberal Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NAY
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (Republican) — NAY
- John Potter Stockton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Scott (Republican) — NAY
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sprague (Liberal Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
- William Gannaway Brownlow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Francis Lewis (Republican) — NAY
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 72 members
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