The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 478, A BILL AMENDING AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE REFUNDING OF THE NATIONAL DEBT", APPROVED 7-14-1870 AND OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED 'AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE REF…
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.
Every roll call on S. 478
How each state's senators voted
In 30 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 3 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John White Stevenson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Robertson Dennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pinkney Whyte (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- Lewis Vital Bogy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Lusk Alcorn (Republican) — YEA
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — YEA
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simon Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- William Andrew Wallace (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David McKendree Key (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Cooper (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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