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House recorded vote (45th Congress) · December 11, 1877
H.R. 1526

Recorded vote

TO NON- CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT 12 TO H.R. 1526 APPROPRIATING $500,000 FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR STAR ROUTES AND BY STEAMBOATS AND ALL OTHER THAN RAILROAD ROUTES, AS THIS IS A DEFICIENCY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1878.

Bill actionBudget & spending
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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.

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 H.R. 1526

November 21, 1877 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF… · 108–129 November 22, 1877 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY W… · 142–116 December 11, 1877 · TO NON-CONCUR IN THE FIRST BRANCH OF SENATE A… · 114–138 December 11, 1877 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1526 … · 121–123 December 11, 1877 · TO NON-CONCUR IN THE FIRST BRANCH OF THE 39TH… · 122–127 December 11, 1877 · TO NON-CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT #43, TO H.R… · 107–129
The map

How each state's members voted

In 16 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 1 every one voted no; 20 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 4 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 1 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: 3 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 8 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 6 yes, 3 no
  13. New York: 5 yes, 22 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 8 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 9 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 4 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 4 yes, 13 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 10 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
  26. California: 4 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: no member on this roll call
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 8 yes, 5 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 3 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 3 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 4 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 3 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 5 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 8 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 5 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 6 yes, 0 no
  51. Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 292 members

Select any member to pull their file.