The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (49th Congress) · April 20, 1886
Recorded vote
CONFIRMATION OF THE NOMINATION OF ZACK MONTGOMERY AS ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Other
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 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 15 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — YEA
- 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 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 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) — NAY
- Preston B. Plumb (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim King Wilson (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dwight May Sabin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 1 no
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jonathan Chace (Republican) — NAY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — YEA
Official records
Every vote, by name — 75 members
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