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Senate recorded vote (43rd Congress) · March 31, 1874
S. 617

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 617, BY INCREASING FROM 70 PER CENT TO 90 PER CENT THE AMOUNT OF UNITED STATES NOTES THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY IS REQUIRED TO RETIRE FROM ALREADY CIRCULATING NOTES.

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 S. 617

March 26, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE RED… · 18–40 March 26, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY FIXING THE AMOUNT OF ALL … · 26–31 March 26, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY FIXING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT… · 31–26 March 30, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ELIMINATING A SECTION PRO… · 28–23 March 30, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY REQUIRING THE SECRETARY O… · 6–36 March 30, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ADDING A PROVISION THAT G… · 14–29 March 31, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ELIMINATING A SECTION PRO… · 29–27 March 31, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617 BY PROVIDING A PRACTICAL SYST… · 14–37 March 31, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF PA… · 7–39 March 31, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY PROPOSING THAT IF REDEMPT… · 21–30 March 31, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, DUE TO LATE HOUR, MOTION MADE DUR… · 27–26 April 1, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY SUBMITTING PENNSYLVANIA I… · 25–26 April 1, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY SPECIFYING THE AMOUNT OF … · 19–30 April 1, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 28–25 April 2, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY TRANSFERRING $50,000,000 … · 20–31 April 2, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ELIMINATING A SECTION WHI… · 33–19 April 2, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY USING SURPLUS GOVERNMENT … · 16–31 April 2, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL SECT… · 19–26 April 2, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY… · 7–31 April 2, 1874 · TO TABLE S. 617. · 22–21 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 6178 BY DECLARING THAT NOTHING IN… · 24–27 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617 BY DECLARING THAT WITHIN THIR… · 25–30 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ADDING PROVISION DECLARIN… · 22–30 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY ADDING A SECTION WHICH RE… · 12–38 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY INCLUDING A SECTION DECLA… · 29–24 April 6, 1874 · TO PROCEED TO EXECUTIVE BUSINESS, MOTION MADE… · 25–30 April 6, 1874 · TO AMEND S. 617, BY FIXING THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT… · 23–28 April 6, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 27–30 April 6, 1874 · TO ADJOURN, MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION … · 27–28 April 6, 1874 · TO PASS S. 617. · 29–24 April 14, 1874 · TO RETURN S. 617, A BILL TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF… · 57–179 April 14, 1874 · TO PASS S. 617, A BILL TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF U… · 140–102 April 28, 1874 · TO POSTPONE ALL ORDERS AND CONSIDER S. 617. · 35–27 April 28, 1874 · TO PASS S. 617 OVER A PRESIDENTIAL VETO. · 34–30
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 5 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 1 no, 1 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, 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.

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Texas 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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