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Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · May 11, 1886
S. 1532

Recorded vote

TO TABLE ALL PENDING AMENDMENTS TO S. 1532, THE AMENDMENTS CURTAIL THE RIGHTS OF RAILROADS TO ISSUE FREE PASSES TO ANY PERSON OR PERSONS AND SET UP OTHER RESTRICTIONS.

Bill actionTransportation
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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 S. 1532

May 11, 1886 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 1532, WHICH AMEND… · 49–3 May 11, 1886 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT S. 1532, WHICH ELIMINAT… · 6–36 May 11, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY ELIMINATING PROVISION PE… · 31–16 May 11, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY MAKING PROVISIONS OF THI… · 31–14 May 12, 1886 · TO TABLE S. 1532. · 1–54 May 12, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY PROVIDING THAT IT BE UNL… · 23–24 May 12, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY ELIMINATING THE PHRASE "… · 26–24 May 12, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY INSERTING AFTER THE WORD… · 27–24 May 12, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, BY ELIMINATING THE FOURTH S… · 20–29 May 12, 1886 · TO PASS S. 1532. · 47–4 July 21, 1886 · TO CONSIDER S. 1532, AN ACT REGULATING INTERS… · 142–99 July 21, 1886 · THAT ALL GENERAL DEBATE BE CLOSED AT 5 P.M. O… · 204–24 July 22, 1886 · TO CONSIDER S. 1532, AN ACT TO REGULATE INTER… · 102–151 July 27, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, AN ACT TO REGULATE INTERSTA… · 102–126 July 30, 1886 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON AN AMENDMEN… · 159–57 July 30, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 1532, AN ACT TO REGULATE INTERSTA… · 134–104 July 30, 1886 · TO RECOMMIT TO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE S. 1532 … · 70–158 July 30, 1886 · TO PASS S. 1532, AN ACT TO REGULATE INTERSTAT… · 192–41 January 14, 1887 · TO CONSIDER THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1532,… · 37–12 January 14, 1887 · TO RECOMMIT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CO… · 25–36 January 14, 1887 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON S. 1532. · 43–15 January 17, 1887 · TO CONSIDER THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CO… · 113–137 January 21, 1887 · TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CO… · 219–41
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Delaware 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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