The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 7845, BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISO IN SECT. 2, THAT NO CONTRACT SHALL BE MADE BY SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCE OR OTHER MODE OF SETTLEMENT IN OR UPON ANY BOARD OF TRADE, IN ANY PRODUCE, COTTON, MERCHANT…
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- 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).
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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.
Every roll call on H.R. 7845
How each state's senators voted
In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 24 every one voted no; 3 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — NAY
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Norton Felton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Leland Stanford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — YEA
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, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John McAuley Palmer (Democrat) — YEA
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- David Turpie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bishop Walden Perkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Peffer (Populist) — NAY
Kentucky 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Griffin Carlisle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James McMillan (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cary Walthall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Charles Power (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NAY
- Lyman Rufus Casey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NAY
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Fellows Dixon (Republican) — YEA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NAY
- Roger Quarles Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eppa Hunton (Democrat) — YEA
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NAY
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Beard Allen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Philetus Sawyer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Freeman Vilas (Democrat) — YEA
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Maull Carey (Republican) — NAY
Every vote, by name — 86 members
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