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Senate recorded vote (44th Congress) · March 22, 1876
S. 1

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 1, BY PROVIDING THAT ON DISAGREEMENT OF THE TWO HOUSES AS TO WHICH RETURN SHALL BE COUNTED THEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SHALL DECIDE WHICH IS THE TRUE AND VALID RETURN, DECIDING THE ELECTION OF…

AmendmentElections & government
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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.

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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. 1

March 21, 1876 · TO AMEND S. 1, A BILL PROVIDING FOR AND REGUL… · 20–29 March 22, 1876 · TO AMEND S. 1, BY ELIMINATING COOPER'S AMENDM… · 11–39 March 22, 1876 · TO AMEND S. 1, BY GIVING THE HOUSE OF REPRESE… · 13–35 March 23, 1876 · TO AMEND S. 1, BY INSURING TO EACH STATE THAT… · 12–37 March 24, 1876 · TO AMEND S. 1, BY PROVIDING THAT WHEN THE TWO… · 18–34 March 24, 1876 · TO PASS S. 1. (P. 1945-2) · 32–26 April 19, 1876 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH S.1, WAS PASS… · 31–23
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 5 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 23 every one voted no; 4 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 73 members

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