The question
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Senate recorded vote (47th Congress) · August 2, 1882
HJR92
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.J.R. 92 (22-STAT-393), A RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING OF 25,000 COPIES EACH OF THE SECOND AND THIRD ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BY DECREASING THE …
Amendment
The tally
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The people
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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
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The measure itself
What was on the floor
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The map
How each state's senators voted
In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 9 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: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 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.
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Hill Garland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James David Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Miles Chilcott (Republican) — NAY
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — YEA
- John Stuart Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas (Democrat) — NAY
- William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — YEA
- James Black Groome (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — YEA
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NAY
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NAY
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Graham Fair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NAY
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Readjuster) — 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, 1 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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