The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 1283, BY ELIMINATING THE SECTION WHICH PROVIDES THAT THE LAWFUL HUSBAND OR WIFE MAY BE NOT ONLY INTRODUCED AS A WITNESS AND MADE COMPETENT FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT MAY BE COMPELLED TO TESTIFY AGAINST …
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 S. 1283
How each state's senators voted
In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 3 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 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, 2 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 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: 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 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Thompson Farley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Franklin Miller (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Mead Bowen (Republican) — NAY
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas (Democrat) — YEA
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Black Groome (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dwight May Sabin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — YEA
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 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Franklin Pike (Republican) — NAY
- Henry William Blair (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Graham Fair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NAY
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NAY
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Harvey Slater (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NAY
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson (Democrat) — NAY
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — YEA
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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