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Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · February 17, 1886
S. 194

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 194, BY ELIMINATING PROVISIONS THAT THE INSTRUCTION IN THE COMMON SCHOOLS WHEREAS THESE WRONGS SHALL BE EXPENDED SHALL INCLUDE READING, WRITING AND SPEAKING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, ARITHMETIC, GEOGRA…

AmendmentEducation
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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. 194

February 17, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, A BILL TO AID IN THE ESTABLI… · 18–22 February 17, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION S… · 25–17 February 17, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194 BY PROVIDING THAT THE MONEY A… · 10–30 February 17, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION T… · 23–26 March 4, 1886 · TO CONSIDER H. R. 545, A BILL INCREASING PENS… · 20–28 March 4, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY PROVIDING THAT NO MONEY A… · 17–29 March 4, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY SETTING APPROPRIATIONS FO… · 12–30 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194 BY PROVIDING THAT SUCH MONIES… · 25–23 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY PROVIDING THAT STATES WOU… · 12–35 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194 BY PROVIDING THAT NO STATE SH… · 12–36 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY HAVING INDIAN TERRITORY C… · 19–30 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 194 WHICH PROVIDE… · 14–37 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY INCREASING THE APPROPRIAT… · 31–19 March 5, 1886 · TO AMEND S. 194, BY PROVIDING THAT THE DESIGN… · 0–43 March 5, 1886 · TO PASS S. 194. · 36–11
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 76 members

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