The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 714, A BILL TO ESTABLISH A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF BANKRUPTCY THROUGHOUT THE U.S., WHICH AMENDMENT ELIMINATES A PROVISION OF THE ACT PERMITTING INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
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. 714
How each state's senators voted
In 7 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — NAY
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Hearst (Democrat) — NAY
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Biddle Eustis (Democrat) — NAY
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim King Wilson (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, 1 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dwight May Sabin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — YEA
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, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Franklin Pike (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry William Blair (Republican) — YEA
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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Graham Fair (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Maxwell Evarts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry B. Payne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Coit Spooner (Republican) — YEA
- Philetus Sawyer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NAY
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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