The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (45th Congress) · November 28, 1877
Recorded vote
TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Hill Garland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican) — NAY
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Newton Booth (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Henry Barnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Davis (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- Richard James Oglesby (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — NAY
- William Windom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Hartley Armstrong (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NAY
- William Sharon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NAY
- La Fayette Grover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 73 members
Select any member to pull their file.