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House recorded vote (51st Congress) · March 2, 1891
H.R. 10881

Recorded vote

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON BILL H.R. 10881. (P. 3710-2)

Bill action
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 measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 10881

December 2, 1890 · TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 10881… · 132–74 December 2, 1890 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE HOUSE AGR… · 71–119 December 2, 1890 · TO TABLE H.R. 10881. (P. 36-1) · 91–128 December 2, 1890 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE REFUSING TO TABLE H.R.… · 82–123 December 2, 1890 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON AN AMENDMEN… · 106–73 December 3, 1890 · TO AMEND THE MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMM. … · 95–140 December 3, 1890 · TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMM. ON PATENTS, H.R. 108… · 96–138 December 3, 1890 · TO PASS H.R. 10881. (P. 59-1) · 139–95 February 9, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881 (26 STAT. 1106, 3/3/1891… · 27–24 February 13, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881 (26 STAT. 1106, 3/3/1891… · 25–24 February 14, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL, … · 29–24 February 14, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY ELIMINATING THE PROV… · 16–39 February 14, 1891 · TO CONCUR IN ALL AMENDMENTS MADE IN COMMITTEE… · 29–31 February 17, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY PERMITTING AMERICAN … · 18–27 February 17, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY ELIMINATING THE CLAU… · 19–27 February 18, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY PERMITTING THE IMPOR… · 36–24 February 18, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY PROVIDING FOR THE PR… · 41–24 February 18, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY EXTENDING THE DEADLI… · 17–37 February 18, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY ELIMINATING THE SECT… · 17–31 February 18, 1891 · TO AMEND H. R. 10881, BY EXTENDING THE PRIVIL… · 18–33 February 18, 1891 · TO PASS H. R. 10881. · 36–14 February 28, 1891 · TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO BILL H.R… · 64–128 March 2, 1891 · TO CONSIDER THE REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE COMM… · 138–100 March 2, 1891 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE REPORT … · 127–77 March 3, 1891 · TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENT #5 TO H. R. 10881, W… · 28–33 March 3, 1891 · TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CO… · 27–19 March 3, 1891 · TO REQUEST THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RE… · 13–22 March 3, 1891 · TO REQUEST THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RE… · 9–19 March 3, 1891 · TO REQUEST THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RE… · 21–29
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Colorado 1 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 330 members

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