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House recorded vote (52nd Congress) · March 12, 1892
H.R. 1216

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 1216, AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO PAY THE FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, JACKSON, TENN., $4,050.39 FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH AS A HOSPITAL, AND FOR DAMAGES ACCRUED TO THIS CHUR…

PassageDefense & war
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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.

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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 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.

The map

How each state's members voted

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

California 2 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 1 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

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

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

New York 9 yes, 1 no, 24 did not vote yes or no

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

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

South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Washington 1 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 331 members

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