The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (47th Congress) · July 5, 1882
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF S. 1683. (P. 5619-2)
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 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 every one voted no; 8 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Wilson McDill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Davis (Independent) — NAY
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NAY
- John Stuart Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
- James Black Groome (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alvin Saunders (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Graham Fair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — YEA
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harvey Slater (Democrat) — NAY
- La Fayette Grover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — YEA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NAY
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Readjuster) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NAY
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
Select any member to pull their file.