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 THE SENATE UNTIL 2 P.M. DUE TO THE LENGTHY FILIBUSTER ON THE RESOLUTION.
Other
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 15 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
- 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 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, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Simon Barclay Conover (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Hartley Armstrong (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NAY
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NAY
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — YEA
- 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — YEA
- 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
Select any member to pull their file.