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House recorded vote (45th Congress) · October 31, 1877
H.R. 805

Recorded vote

TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH H.R. 805, A BILL REPEALING THE THIRD SECTION OF AN ACT ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS", WAS RECOMMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE ON…

Bill actionBanking & finance
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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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 H.R. 805

November 1, 1877 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION, VOTE ON A MOT… · 132–124 November 1, 1877 · TO ADJOURN AND THEREBY DELAY ACTION ON H.R. 8… · 29–213 November 2, 1877 · TO TABLE H.R. 805. · 107–140 November 23, 1877 · TO AMEND H.R. 805 BY PROVIDING THAT SO MUCH O… · 90–158 November 23, 1877 · TO AMEND H.R. 805 BY REPEALING THE RESUMPTION… · 16–231 November 23, 1877 · TO AMEND H.R. 805 BY PLACING A PROVISO IN THE… · 127–129 November 23, 1877 · TO PASS H.R. 805. · 133–120 May 20, 1878 · TO POSTPONE PENDING ORDER H.R. 805, A BILL AU… · 33–20 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 805, BY MAKING U.S. NOTES LEGAL… · 28–30 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R 805, BY MAKING U.S. NOTES LEGAL … · 29–32 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 805, BY MAKING U.S. NOTES LEGAL… · 30–29 June 13, 1878 · TO PASS H.R. 805. · 45–15 June 14, 1878 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND TAKE FROM THE SPEAKE… · 112–122 February 22, 1879 · TO TABLE H.R. 805. · 141–110
The map

How each state's members voted

In 12 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 15 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: 5 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 3 yes, 0 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, 11 no
  11. Wisconsin: 5 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 21 yes, 1 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 9 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 5 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 13 no
  22. Ohio: 9 yes, 11 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 16 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 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: 3 yes, 9 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 3 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 4 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 8 no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 1 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 6 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 5 no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 1 no

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 291 members

Select any member to pull their file.