The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (48th Congress) · March 11, 1884
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE TREATY OF COMMERCE CONCLUDED ON JAN. 20, 1883, AS AMENDED, BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO, WHICH AMENDMENT INCLUDES, "RAW COTTON, COTTON CLOTH, CALICO, AND COTTON GOODS" TO BE ADMITTED FREE …
Amendment
The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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 map
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 8 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, 1 no, 1 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, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Hill Garland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James David Walker (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — NAY
- 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 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Graham Fair (Democrat) — NAY
- 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, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — YEA
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
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 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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