The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · June 7, 1886
Recorded vote
TO PASS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICES AND POST ROADS TO SUMMON PERSONS AND PAPERS CONCERNING THE NOMINATION OF M. GLENNAN AS POSTMASTER, AT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, PERMITTING THE COMMITTEE …
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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 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 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: 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Hearst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NAY
- George Gray (Democrat) — NAY
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, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Harrison (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
- Ephraim King Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
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 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Republican) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
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