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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · February 20, 1879
H.R. 6143

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POST MASTER GENERAL TO CONTRACT FOR OCEAN MAIL STEAMSHIP SERVICE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND BRAZIL, ONE LINE TO GO FROM NEW YORK VIA NORFOLK TO RIO DE JANIERO, AND THE OTHER FROM…

Amendment
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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. 6143

January 29, 1879 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND GO INTO COMMITTEE OF… · 117–116 January 29, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 121–109 January 29, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 137–93 January 29, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIO… · 172–53 January 29, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING APPROPRIATIO… · 118–96 January 29, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 120–86 January 30, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 125–103 February 19, 1879 · TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER PROVIDING THAT AN … · 39–23 February 19, 1879 · TO AMEND 6143, BY REDUCING THE $200,000 APPRO… · 25–29 February 19, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POSTMAST… · 27–30 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POST MAS… · 25–31 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POST MAS… · 19–34 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POSTMAST… · 35–15 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POSTMAST… · 22–30 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POSTMAST… · 22–28 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY DIRECTING THE POSTMAST… · 18–25 February 20, 1879 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6143, DIRECTING… · 20–18 February 20, 1879 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6143 ADDING STO… · 16–16 February 20, 1879 · TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF THE LATE HOUR, MOTION M… · 8–27 February 20, 1879 · TO ADJOURN AND THEREBY DISCONTINUE DEBATE ON … · 5–37 February 20, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6143, BY ADDING STOPS, ON ALTER… · 20–20 February 20, 1879 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6143, DIRECT… · 23–17 February 20, 1879 · TO PASS H.R. 6143. · 23–15 February 28, 1879 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6143 … · 89–158
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 4 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michigan 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 — 75 members

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