The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF W. B. SAUNDERS, WHICH AMENDMENT DIRECTS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INFORM THE SENATE REGARDING THE EFFORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT …
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's senators voted
In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — NAY
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Hearst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Emerson Brown (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Benjamin Farwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Burnie Beck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Biddle Eustis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim King Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James McMillan (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lyman Rufus Casey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — YEA
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry B. Payne (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Franklin Edmunds (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — YEA
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Beard Allen (Republican) — YEA
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Edward Kenna (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 82 members
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