The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · March 26, 1886
Recorded vote
TO STRIKE OUT THE THIRD RESOLUTION REFERRING TO RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SENATE AND THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS. THE THIRD RESOLUTION PROVIDES THAT IT IS THE DUTY OF THE SENATE NOT TO HEED THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTI…
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
The people
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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 18 every one voted no; 2 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 0 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Mead Bowen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
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 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John James Ingalls (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Omar Dwight Conger (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Witherell Palmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — YEA
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Austin Franklin Pike (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry William Blair (Republican) — NAY
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, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NAY
- John Inscho Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — YEA
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Mahone (Republican) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 75 members
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