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House recorded vote (51st Congress) · December 2, 1889

Recorded vote

TO ELECT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF THE 52ND CONGRESS, VOTES FOR T.B. REED ARE CODED 1, FOR J.G. CARLISLE 2.

Other
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
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 members voted

In 41 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 0 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 members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 3 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 5 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 20 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: 9 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 11 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 30 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 12 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 11 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 12 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 21 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 27 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 7 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 6 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no
  29. Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 14 yes, 0 no
  31. Kentucky: 10 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 10 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 6 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 7 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 5 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 9 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 8 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 7 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 6 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 7 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 8 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 10 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 11 yes, 0 no
  51. 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.

Colorado 1 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Washington 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 322 members

Select any member to pull their file.