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

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO THAT PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION ELECTING HOUSE OFFICERS FOR THIS CONGRESS WHICH WAS AMENDED BY NAMING AS CHAPLAIN WILLIAM H. MILBURN, OF ILLINOIS, IN PLACE OF CHARLES B. RAMSDELL, OF WASHINGTON D.C.…

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The question

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

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The tally

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

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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 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 20 were 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: 0 yes, 3 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 1 no
  6. Idaho: no member on this roll call
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 5 no
  10. Illinois: 7 yes, 12 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 14 yes, 18 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 10 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: no member on this roll call
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 10 no
  21. Indiana: 10 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 5 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 20 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 4 yes, 3 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 3 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 4 no
  27. Utah: no member on this roll call
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 3 no
  30. Missouri: 10 yes, 4 no
  31. Kentucky: 9 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 8 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 4 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 7 no
  39. Arkansas: 5 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 7 yes, 2 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: 5 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 7 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Montana 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

Oregon 0 yes, 1 no

Washington 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 329 members

Select any member to pull their file.