The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSIDER H.R. 2691, (19 STAT. 456), A BILL PROVIDING FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF CERTAIN CLAIMS REPORTED BY THE ACCOUNTING OFFICERS OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. (P. 4129,4130)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 5 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Powell Clayton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Windom (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock (Republican) — NAY
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 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
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Kerr Kelly (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Angus Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy Otis Howe (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Taylor Caperton (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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