The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 5538 BY PROVIDING THAT ALL TAXES AND CUSTOMS DUTIES IMPOSED BY LAWS NOW IN FORCE, FOR THE COLLECTION OF DUTIES ON IMPORTS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES, BE SUBJECT TO A 10% DISCOUNT AFTER JULY 1, 1883, …
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 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NAY
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas White Ferry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — YEA
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
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 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harvey Slater (Democrat) — NAY
- La Fayette Grover (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warfield Johnston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Readjuster) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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