The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 4592, BY ADVANCING THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE CIRCULATION OF THE 3% BONDS FROM JULY 1, 1880, TO MAY 1, 1881.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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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.
Every roll call on H.R. 4592
How each state's members voted
In 15 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 13 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 7 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 5 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 9 no
- New York: 6 yes, 21 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 11 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 7 no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 9 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 18 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
- California: 1 yes, 3 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 13 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 10 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 3 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 5 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 3 no
- Arkansas: 4 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 5 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 6 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 5 yes, 1 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 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Miller Shelley (Democrat) — YEA
- Hilary Abner Herbert (Democrat) — YEA
- Newton Nash Clements (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Hord Herndon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Forney (Democrat) — YEA
- William James Samford (Democrat) — YEA
- William Manning Lowe (National Greenbacker) — YEA
Arkansas 4 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 3 no
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burns Belford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 3 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emory Speer (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Persons (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- James Henderson Blount (Democrat) — YEA
- John Calhoun Nicholls (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathaniel Job Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Cook (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ephraim Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- William Harrell Felton (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 2 yes, 7 no
- Cyrus Clay Carpenter (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Hooker Gillette (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Hiram Price (Republican) — NAY
- James Baird Weaver (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Moses Ayers McCoid (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Cobb Deering (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- William Fletcher Sapp (Republican) — NAY
- William George Thompson (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 7 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson (Democrat) — YEA
- Albert Palaska Forsythe (National Greenbacker) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — YEA
- George Royal Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Greenbury Lafayette Fort (Republican) — NAY
- Hiram Barber Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- James Washington Singleton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Crocker Sherwin (Republican) — NAY
- John Robert Thomas (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NAY
- Philip Cornelius Hayes (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Wellington Townshend (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Moffett Allison Hawk (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Alexander Boyd (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- William Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
- William Andrew Jackson Sparks (Democrat) — YEA
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ralls Morrison (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 5 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Jonathan Hostetler (Democrat) — YEA
- Calvin Cowgill (Republican) — NAY
- George Augustus Bicknell (Democrat) — YEA
- Gilbert de la Matyr (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jeptha Dudley New (Democrat) — YEA
- John Harris Baker (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas McLelland Browne (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Reed Cobb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walpole Gillespie Colerick (Democrat) — YEA
- William Heilman (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Calkins (Republican) — NAY
- William Ralph Myers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 3 no
Kentucky 10 yes, 0 no
- Albert Shelby Willis (Democrat) — YEA
- Elijah Conner Phister (Democrat) — YEA
- James Andrew McKenzie (Democrat) — YEA
- James Proctor Knott (Democrat) — YEA
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — YEA
- John William Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — YEA
- Oscar Turner (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Burton Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Turner (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 11 no
- Amasa Norcross (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Winslow Harris (Republican) — NAY
- George Bailey Loring (Republican) — NAY
- George Dexter Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- Leopold Morse (Democrat) — NAY
- Selwyn Zadock Bowman (Republican) — NAY
- Walbridge Abner Field (Republican) — NAY
- William Augustus Russell (Republican) — NAY
- William Claflin (Republican) — NAY
- William Wallace Crapo (Republican) — NAY
- William Whitney Rice (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 5 yes, 1 no
Maine 1 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 0 yes, 9 no
- Edwin Willits (Republican) — NAY
- Jay Abel Hubbell (Republican) — NAY
- John Stoughton Newberry (Republican) — NAY
- John Wesley Stone (Republican) — NAY
- Jonas Hartzell McGowan (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Mark Spencer Brewer (Republican) — NAY
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — NAY
- Roswell Gilbert Horr (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Poehler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Mark Hill Dunnell (Republican) — NAY
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 13 yes, 0 no
- Aylett Hawes Buckner (Democrat) — YEA
- Erastus Wells (Democrat) — YEA
- Gideon Frank Rothwell (Democrat) — YEA
- James Richard Waddill (Democrat) — YEA
- John Bullock Clark Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- John Finis Philips (Democrat) — YEA
- Lowndes Henry Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Martin Linn Clardy (Democrat) — YEA
- Nicholas Ford (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Richard Graham Frost (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Locke Sawyer (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 6 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Moore Scales (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Lindsay Russell (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Joseph John Martin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Jonathan Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Brank Vance (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Franklin Armfield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Leak Steele (Democrat) — YEA
- William Hodges Kitchin (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Frankland Briggs (Republican) — NAY
- Joshua Gilman Hall (Republican) — NAY
- Ossian Ray (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alvah Augustus Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- George Maxwell Robeson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hezekiah Bradley Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lauris Blake (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Alexander Brigham (Republican) — NAY
- Miles Ross (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 6 yes, 21 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Amaziah Bailey James (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Anson George McCook (Republican) — NAY
- Archibald Meserole Bliss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus Dan Prescott (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel O'Reilly (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Plunket Richardson (Republican) — NAY
- David Wilber (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Einstein (Republican) — NAY
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NAY
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — NAY
- Henry van Aernam (Republican) — NAY
- James O'Brien (Ind. Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Way Covert (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — NAY
- John Hammond (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Camp (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Starin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Mosher Bailey (Republican) — NAY
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- John William Ferdon (Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Scoville (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Mason (Republican) — NAY
- Levi Parsons Morton (Republican) — NAY
- Nicholas Muller (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Crowley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Sullivan Cox (Democrat) — YEA
- Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (Republican) — NAY
- Waldo Hutchins (Democrat) — NAY
- Walter Abbott Wood (Republican) — NAY
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NAY
- William Lounsbery (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 9 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Adoniram Judson Warner (Democrat) — YEA
- Amos Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Butterworth (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Le Fevre (Democrat) — YEA
- Ebenezer Byron Finley (Democrat) — YEA
- Ezra Booth Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Hunt Hurd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Leroy Converse (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Geddes (Democrat) — YEA
- Gibson Atherton (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Luther Dickey (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Safford Neal (Republican) — NAY
- James Monroe (Republican) — NAY
- John A. McMahon (Democrat) — YEA
- Jonathan Taylor Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Warren Keifer (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Ewing (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William David Hill (Democrat) — YEA
- William McKinley Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 6 yes, 18 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Herr Smith (Republican) — NAY
- Alexander Hamilton Coffroth (Democrat) — NAY
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NAY
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Overton Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry White (Republican) — NAY
- Hendrick Bradley Wright (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Hiester Clymer (Democrat) — YEA
- Horatio Gates Fisher (Republican) — NAY
- James H. Osmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NAY
- John Walker Ryon (Democrat) — NAY
- John Weinland Killinger (Republican) — NAY
- Morgan Ringland Wise (Democrat) — YEA
- Reuben Knecht Bachman (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Klotz (Democrat) — YEA
- Russell Errett (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Bernard Dick (Republican) — NAY
- Seth Hartman Yocum (National Greenbacker) — YEA
- Thomas McKee Bayne (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Godshalk (Republican) — NAY
- William Shadrack Shallenberger (Republican) — NAY
- William Ward (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 5 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 7 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Bryson Simonton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Gibbs Dibrell (Democrat) — YEA
- Hiram Casey Young (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (Democrat) — YEA
- John Ford House (Democrat) — YEA
- John Morgan Bright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leonidas Campbell Houk (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Love Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- Washington Curran Whitthorne (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 5 yes, 1 no
Virginia 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Craighead Cabell (Democrat) — YEA
- James Buchanan Richmond (Democrat) — YEA
- John Goode Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- John Randolph Tucker (Democrat) — YEA
- John Thomas Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Jorgensen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bradley Barlow (National Greenbacker) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Herbert Joyce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Manning Tyler (Republican) — NAY
Wisconsin 3 yes, 5 no
- Charles Grandison Williams (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Stuyvesant Bragg (Democrat) — YEA
- Gabriel Bouck (Democrat) — YEA
- George Cochrane Hazelton (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Leon Humphrey (Republican) — NAY
- Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Victor Deuster (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Coleman Pound (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 3 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 293 members
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