The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · March 31, 1886
Recorded vote
CONFIRMATION OF THE NOMINATION OF GEORGE W. BELL, AS POSTMASTER AT WEBSTER CITY, IN THE COUNTY OF HAMILTN AND STATE OF IOWA.
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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 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 30 every one voted no; 1 was 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: 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 0 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
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, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cary Walthall (Democrat) — NAY
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — YEA
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, 2 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Warner Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Maxwell Evarts (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry B. Payne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jonathan Chace (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — YEA
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 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 75 members
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