The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · November 26, 1877
Recorded vote
TO RECESS UNTIL TWELVE O' CLOCK NOON TOMORROW INSTEAD OF EIGHT O' CLOCK P.M. TODAY, MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY TO TRANSMIT TO THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSIO…
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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 map
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 14 every one voted no; 6 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Newton Booth (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — YEA
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Gillespie Blaine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — YEA
- William Windom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Hartley Armstrong (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — YEA
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- La Fayette Grover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NAY
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 73 members
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