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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · May 28, 1878
H.R. 4663

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 4663.

Passage
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 H.R. 4663

April 29, 1878 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 4663, A BI… · 177–35 May 7, 1878 · TO CONSIDER H.R. 4663, (20-STAT-87), A BILL F… · 33–25 May 7, 1878 · TO TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION ON SECOND READIN… · 34–23 May 27, 1878 · TO TAKE UP FOR CONSIDERATION H.R. 4663. · 28–26 May 28, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4663, BY MAKING U.S. NOTES WHEN… · 18–42 May 28, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 4663, BY PROVIDING THAT WHEN SU… · 10–36
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 21 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 5 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, 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 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.

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

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

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

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

New York 0 yes, 2 no

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

Vermont 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

Select any member to pull their file.