The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 5538 BY INCREASING THE DUTY ON BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND ENGRAVINGS, BOUND OR UNBOUND; ETCHINGS, MAPS, CHARTS AND ALL OTHER PRINTED MATTER FROM 15% TO 20%. (P. 2603-2)
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)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 5538
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 7 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 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: 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Hill Garland (Democrat) — NAY
- James David Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 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 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) — NOT VOTING
- James Black Groome (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NAY
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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