The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 525, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BOAT RAILWAY AT THE DALLES AND CELICO FALLS AND TENNILE RAPIDS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER, AND FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THREEMILE RAPIDS. (P. 2321-2)
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 25 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 2 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 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 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Brown Gordon (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
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Turpie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
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) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — YEA
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
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 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 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus Blodgett (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Hiscock (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Calvin Stewart Brice (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — YEA
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Chilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Strode Barbour Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Philetus Sawyer (Republican) — YEA
- William Freeman Vilas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Maull Carey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 88 members
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