The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THOMAS W. FERRY A SENATOR OF MICHIGAN BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE UNTIL JANUARY 7, 1876, BY PROVIDING THAT ALLEN G. THURMAN, A SENATOR FROM OHIO, BE MADE PRESIDENT OF SE…
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NAY
- George Goldthwaite (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Powell Clayton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Newton Booth (Ind. Republican) — NAY
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Grover Wright (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard James Oglesby (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — YEA
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NAY
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Robertson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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