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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · June 18, 1878
H.R. 5130

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, PROVIDING TO STOP ACTION ON A PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE SURETY OF CLAIMANTS SEEKING PAYMENT FOR CARRYING MAIL IN 1859, 1860, AND 1861, THEREBY PREVENT PAYING FOR SERVICE COMPENSAT…

Bill action
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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. 5130

June 13, 1878 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 5130, A BI… · 48–195 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY APPROPRIATING $600,000 … · 141–82 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 100–120 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 98–110 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY APPROPRIATING $90,000 F… · 121–84 June 13, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY REFUNDING TO STATES EXP… · 68–129 June 17, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130 (20-STAT-2… · 32–22 June 17, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130 PROVIDING … · 35–13 June 17, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, AUTHORIZI… · 40–8 June 17, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130, BY ELIMINATING THE PROVIS… · 19–27 June 17, 1878 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, APPRO… · 36–16 June 17, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130 BY PROVIDING THAT SECTION … · 24–29 June 17, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130, BY INSTRUCTING THE SEC'Y … · 29–23 June 18, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, REQUIRING… · 23–26 June 18, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, AUTHORIZI… · 19–24 June 18, 1878 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130 PROVIDING … · 24–27 June 18, 1878 · TO AMEND H.R. 5130, BY WITHDRAWING AN APPROPR… · 25–25 June 18, 1878 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5130, PAYIN… · 28–24
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 14 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 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: 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: 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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