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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · May 13, 1878
H.R. 4246

Recorded vote

TO DECIDE A QUESTION OF ORDER ON THE RECEPTION OF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4246, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR POST OFFICE FOR FISCAL 1879, UNDER RULE 29 WHICH REFUSES TO RECEIVE ANY AMENDMENT PROPOSING GENERAL…

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.

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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. 4246

April 26, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4246, THE POST OFFICE APPROPRIA… · 102–92 April 26, 1878 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON … · 89–90 May 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4246 (20-STAT-140), A BILL MAKI… · 32–13
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New York 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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