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Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · February 28, 1879
H.R. 6462

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY PROVIDING THAT THE SEC'Y OF THE TREASURY BE AUTHORIZED TO REISSUE U.S. LEGAL TENDER NOTES NOW HELD FOR THE REDEMPTION OF FRACTIONAL CURRENCY, AND THOSE NOTES RETIRED UNDER THE ACT OF JAN.…

AmendmentBanking & finance
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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. 6462

February 17, 1879 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6462, THE … · 183–67 February 25, 1879 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS H.R. 6462. · 124–125 February 28, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 (20-STAT-469), A BILL MAKI… · 28–37 February 28, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462, BY SUSPENDING THE SINKING… · 26–34 February 28, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY PROVIDING THAT THE SEC'… · 19–41 February 28, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY MAKING APPLICABLE TO SO… · 36–22 February 28, 1879 · TO TABLE H.R. 6462. · 15–46 February 28, 1879 · TO PASS H.R. 6462. · 38–20 March 1, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY PROVIDING THAT NO PERSO… · 24–26 March 1, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY PROVIDING THAT THIS ACT… · 17–37 March 1, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY PROVIDING THAT NO PENSI… · 23–22 March 1, 1879 · TO AMEND H.R. 6462 BY MAKING APPLICABLE TO SO… · 20–25 March 1, 1879 · TO PASS H.R. 6462. · 44–3 March 3, 1879 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND CONCUR IN SENATE AME… · 203–61
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 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: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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.

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

California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virginia 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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