The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 601, ERECTING A PUBLIC BUILDING FOR A PORT OFFICE AND U.S. LAND OFFICE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS, OREGON, TO COST NOT MORE THAN $100,000.00. (P. 442-2)
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)
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 28 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 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, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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, 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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.
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — NAY
- James Kimbrough Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — YEA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — YEA
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NAY
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Turpie (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Douglass White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Randall Lee Gibson (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — YEA
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Brown Stockbridge (Republican) — YEA
- James McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Charles Power (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders (Republican) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Zebulon Baird Vance (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — YEA
- Lyman Rufus Casey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — YEA
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — YEA
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Stewart Brice (Democrat) — YEA
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
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 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Kyle (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
- Horace Chilton (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — YEA
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 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
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 88 members
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