The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (47th Congress) · January 24, 1883
Recorded vote
TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE SENATE AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT ENABLING THE SENATORS TO VOTE AGAIN ON THE AMENDMENT PROVIDING THAT "NOTHING NOT HEREIN SPECIFIED SHALL BE DEEMED SCRAP-IRON OR SCRAP-STEEL EX…
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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 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NAY
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NAY
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — YEA
- William Windom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alvin Saunders (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 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 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Angus Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- Philetus Sawyer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
Select any member to pull their file.