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House recorded vote (46th Congress) · April 21, 1880
H.R. 4924

Recorded vote

TO LIMIT DEBATE ON H.R. 4924 TO ONE HOUR AND FORTY MINUTES INSTEAD OF FIVE MINUTES.

Bill action
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
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. 4924

March 19, 1880 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FORM THE DECISION OF THE C… · 167–49 March 19, 1880 · TO AMEND H.R. 4924, BY APPROPRIATING $7600 FO… · 115–107 March 19, 1880 · TO PASS H.R. 4924. · 111–104 March 30, 1880 · TO AMEND H.R. 4924, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATI… · 27–17 March 31, 1880 · TO AMEND H.R. 4924 BY STRIKING THE PROVISION … · 31–16 March 31, 1880 · TO AMEND H.R. 4924 BY APPROPRIATING $600,000 … · 20–31 March 31, 1880 · TO AMEND H.R. 4924 BY STRIKING THE PROVISION … · 22–34 March 31, 1880 · TO ORDER THE ENGROSSMENT AND THIRD READING OF… · 35–24 April 1, 1880 · TO PASS H.R. 4924. (P. 2027-1) · 35–21 April 20, 1880 · TO LIMIT DEBATE ON H.R. 4924, A DEFICIENCY AP… · 121–8 April 20, 1880 · TO LIMIT DEBATE ON H.R. 4924 TO 5 MINUTES; NO… · 120–15 April 20, 1880 · TO ADJOURN BECAUSE OF APPARENT LACK OF QUORUM… · 103–107 April 21, 1880 · MOTION MADE TO LIMIT DEBATE ON H.R. 4924 TO T… · 106–114 April 21, 1880 · TO LIMIT DEBATE ON H.R. 4924 TO ONE HOUR AND … · 102–108
The map

How each state's members voted

In 11 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 16 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 3 yes, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 3 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 9 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 4 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 6 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 17 yes, 4 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 3 yes, 0 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 6 yes, 7 no
  22. Ohio: 5 yes, 5 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 11 yes, 4 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 10 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 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: 3 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 6 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 5 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

California 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

Oregon 0 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 293 members

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