The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION MAKING ALLEN G. THURMAN PRESIDENT PRO TEM OF THE SENATE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, BY NAMING THOMAS W. FERRY AS PRESIDENT PRO TEM. (P. 433-2)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 3 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 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 Smith Houston (Democrat) — NAY
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Eaton (Democrat) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Davis (Independent) — NOT VOTING
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hannibal Hamlin (Republican) — YEA
- James Gillespie Blaine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Zachariah Chandler (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Windom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alvin Saunders (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fitz Randolph (Democrat) — NAY
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Kernan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Granberry Thurman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Edmund Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Enoch Withers (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Angus Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 75 members
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