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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · April 30, 1878
S. 35

Recorded vote

TO ADJOURN SO AS TO DELAY ACTION ON S. 35.

Procedural
01
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 S. 35

April 15, 1878 · TO PASS S. 35 (20-STAT-99), A BILL REPEALING … · 38–6 April 25, 1878 · TO PASS S. 35 (160-20 STAT 99 6/7/78), A BILL… · 205–41 April 30, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY HAVING THE JUCICIARY COMMI… · 19–34 April 30, 1878 · TO INSTRUCT THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY TO AME… · 18–36 April 30, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY INSTRUCTING THE COMMITTEE … · 27–27 April 30, 1878 · TO DEFEAT S. 35. · 23–28 May 1, 1878 · TO REFER S. 35 TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY … · 22–31 May 1, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35 BY EXCLUDING FROM OPERATION OF… · 25–22 May 1, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY CONTINUING THE APPLICATION… · 29–23 May 1, 1878 · TO REFER S. 35 TO THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY … · 37–16 May 9, 1878 · TO ADJOURN TO NEXT MONDAY WHEN THE SENATE ADJ… · 19–31 May 9, 1878 · TO ADJOURN IN ORDER TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION… · 26–28 May 10, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY CHANGING THE DATE OF APPEA… · 27–21 May 10, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY HAVING REPEAL EFFECTIVE FR… · 22–24 May 10, 1878 · TO AMEND S. 35, BY KEEPING IN FORCE ALL PENAL… · 26–21
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 22 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 2 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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