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Senate recorded vote (48th Congress) · February 3, 1885
H.R. 5461

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY INSERTING A PROVISION TO PREVENT ANY RAILROAD, IN MOVING FREIGHT OR PASSENGERS, FROM CHARGING PROPORTIONATELY MORE FOR A SHORT DISTANCE THAN FOR THE SAME SERVICE OVER THE WHOLE LENGTH O…

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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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 measure itself

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 5461

April 9, 1884 · TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 5461,… · 102–120 December 16, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY PROHIBITING DISCRIMINAT… · 134–97 December 17, 1884 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY W… · 149–121 December 17, 1884 · TO SUBSTITUTE FOR THE CRISP AMENDMENT TO H.R.… · 137–127 December 17, 1884 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5461 PROVIDI… · 137–131 December 17, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY RESTRICTING THE CHARGES… · 139–120 December 17, 1884 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 5461, SAID AMEN… · 141–102 December 18, 1884 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY W… · 140–108 December 18, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY ADDING THAT FURNISHING … · 132–124 December 18, 1884 · TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER RAISED DURING DISC… · 150–88 December 18, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY PROVIDING THAT USE OF S… · 114–121 December 19, 1884 · TO LIMIT DEBATE ON THE PENDING AMENDMENT TO H… · 157–58 December 19, 1884 · TO AMEND SECTION TWO OF H.R. 5461, PROHIBITIN… · 73–130 December 19, 1884 · TO ADJOURN, IN ORDER TO TERMINATE DEBATE, DUE… · 8–186 December 20, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY ELIMINATING THE SECTION… · 57–117 December 20, 1884 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY PROVIDING THAT IT IS UN… · 13–142 January 7, 1885 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY ELIMINATING THE SECTION… · 90–128 January 7, 1885 · TO AMEND H.R. 5461 BY PROVIDING THAT NO CAUSE… · 125–88 January 8, 1885 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT H.R. 5461 AUTHORIZIN… · 97–125 January 8, 1885 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 5461 TO THE COMMITTEE ON COM… · 93–131 January 8, 1885 · TO PASS H.R. 5461. (P. 554) · 161–75 February 2, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, REGULATING INTERSTATE CO… · 22–23 February 2, 1885 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 5461, BY REGUL… · 5–41 February 3, 1885 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 5461, BY PROHI… · 26–20 February 3, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY PROVIDING THAT A REDU… · 46–7 February 3, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY ELIMINATING THE PROPO… · 34–17 February 3, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY STRIKING OUT ALL AFTE… · 35–18 February 4, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY ADDING THAT PROOF OF … · 8–32 February 4, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY CONFINING THIS ACT TO… · 5–35 February 4, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY PROVIDING THAT THIS A… · 5–35 February 4, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY PROVIDING THAT THIS A… · 10–21 February 4, 1885 · TO AMEND H. R. 5461, BY PROVIDING THAT UNDER … · 7–38 February 4, 1885 · TO PASS THE SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR H. R. 5461.… · 43–12
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 2 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 29 every one voted no; 4 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: no member on this roll call
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: no member on this roll call
  8. North Dakota: no member on this roll call
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: no member on this roll call
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 1 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.

Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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