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Senate recorded vote (52nd Congress) · July 1, 1892
S. 51

Recorded vote

TO AMEND THE SUBSTITUTE FOR BILL S. 51, BY ADDING THE WORDS: "THAT THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT MAY 1, 1893." (P. 5717-2)

Amendment
01
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.

03
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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on S. 51

May 26, 1892 · TO CONSIDER S. 51, PROVIDING FOR THE FREE COI… · 28–20 July 1, 1892 · TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE THE B… · 28–31 July 1, 1892 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF S. 51 UN… · 28–28 July 1, 1892 · TO POSTPONE FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF BILL S. … · 28–28 July 1, 1892 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY AMENDING THE AMENDMENT WHI… · 19–36 July 1, 1892 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT TO BILL… · 30–26 July 1, 1892 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBS… · 32–20 July 1, 1892 · TO PASS BILL S. 51. · 29–25 July 5, 1892 · TO REFER S.51, PROVIDING FOR THE FREE COINAGE… · 35–115 July 5, 1892 · TO REFER S. 51 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AN… · 32–128 July 5, 1892 · TO REFER S.51 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND… · 25–125 July 5, 1892 · TO REFER S.51 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND… · 28–121 July 5, 1892 · TO REFER S.51 TO THE COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND… · 30–126 July 6, 1892 · TO REFER S.51 TO COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CUR… · 43–156 July 6, 1892 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE LA… · 162–26 July 13, 1892 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE REPORT … · 163–129 July 13, 1892 · TO ADOPT THE REPORT IN FORM OF A RES. BY THE … · 136–154
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 88 members

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