The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 19, REGARDING PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS, WHICH AMENDMENT INCREASES THE TIME DURING WHICH PEOPLE MAY PROSECUTE CLAIMS, FROM THREE TO SIX YEARS, IN THE EVENT THAT NO PETITION IS FILED. (P. 990-1)
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. 19
How each state's senators voted
In 11 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Thompson Farley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Franklin Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Mead Bowen (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — YEA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Stuart Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NAY
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
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 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Hunt Pendleton (Democrat) — NAY
- 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — YEA
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Bell Maxey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger (Readjuster) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Readjuster) — YEA
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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