The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (50th Congress) · March 13, 1888
Recorded vote
TO AMEND A RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SELECT COMMITTEE OF SEVEN SENATORS TO EXAMINE INTO THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BY INCLUDING THE WRITTEN MESSAGES OF THE PRESIDENT AND POST…
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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 19 every one voted no; 0 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: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — YEA
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — YEA
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Hearst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eli Saulsbury (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — YEA
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
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) — NAY
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Dwight May Sabin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus Blodgett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NAY
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — NAY
- William Maxwell Evarts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NAY
- Matthew Stanley Quay (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) — NOT VOTING
- Wade Hampton (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 76 members
Select any member to pull their file.