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House recorded vote (47th Congress) · July 26, 1882
H.R. 6242

Recorded vote

TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE REJECTED THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE ON H.R. 6242, CONTAINING CERTAIN REDUCTIONS IN APPROPRIATIONS. (P. 6525-1)

Bill actionBudget & spending
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The question

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

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The tally

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

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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. 6242

June 17, 1882 · TO PASS H.R. 6242 (22-STAT-191, 8/2/82), THE … · 120–47 July 8, 1882 · TO AMEND H.R. 6242 BY PROVIDING FOR A SURVEY,… · 29–21 July 8, 1882 · TO AMEND H.R. 6242 BY ELIMINATING THE CLAUSE … · 16–39 July 10, 1882 · TO ADOPT AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6242 APPROPRIAT… · 54–7 July 10, 1882 · TO AMEND H.R. 6242 BY INCREASING THE APPROPRI… · 35–22 July 11, 1882 · TO AGREE TO H.R. 6242 APPROPRIATING $50,000 F… · 24–32 July 11, 1882 · TO AGREE TO H.R. 6242 APPROPRIATING $10,000 F… · 32–20 July 11, 1882 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6242 INCREASING… · 25–33 July 11, 1882 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6242 INCREAS… · 18–32 July 12, 1882 · TO AMEND H.R. 6242 BY ELIMINATING THE WORDS "… · 22–28 July 12, 1882 · TO AGREE TO H.R. 6242 BY PROVIDING THAT THE S… · 48–5 July 12, 1882 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6242 INCREAS… · 20–24 July 12, 1882 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6242 PROVIDI… · 16–45 July 12, 1882 · TO PASS H.R. 6242. (JP. 916) · 39–23 July 21, 1882 · TO CONCUR IN THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON C… · 41–12 July 25, 1882 · TO AGREE TO A REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMMIT… · 82–97 July 26, 1882 · TO AGREE TO A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT O… · 112–82 August 2, 1882 · TO PASS H.R. 6242. (P. 6800-2) · 122–59 August 2, 1882 · TO PASS H.R. 6242 OVER THE VETO OF THE PRESID… · 41–16
The map

How each state's members voted

In 15 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 18 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: 0 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 8 yes, 2 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 3 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 6 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 5 yes, 15 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 4 yes, 3 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 3 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 4 yes, 12 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 8 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 4 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 3 yes, 1 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: 4 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 4 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 5 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 6 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 4 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 4 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 3 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 6 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 5 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 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.

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

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

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

Kansas 1 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 291 members

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