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TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THE BILL H. R. 1 (28 STAT. L. 4, APP. 11/11/93), REPEALING PART OF AN ACT, APPROVED JULY 14, 1890, ENTITLED "AN ACT DIRECTING THE PURCHASE OF SIL…
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Every roll call on H.R. 1
How each state's members voted
In 15 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 4 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 3 yes, 4 no
- Illinois: 10 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 6 yes, 4 no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 17 yes, 9 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 13 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 11 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 11 yes, 9 no
- Pennsylvania: 8 yes, 12 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 6 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no
- California: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 12 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 9 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 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: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 6 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 8 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 8 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 6 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 6 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 7 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 10 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
Alabama 8 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gaston Ahi Robbins (Democrat) — YEA
- James Edward Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- Jesse Francis Stallings (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Wheeler (Democrat) — YEA
- Louis Washington Turpin (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Henry Clarke (Democrat) — YEA
- William Calvin Oates (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Denson (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 6 yes, 0 no
California 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 4 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Williams Causey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 10 yes, 0 no
- Benjamin Edward Russell (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Leavell Moses (Democrat) — YEA
- Farish Carter Tate (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Gray Turner (Democrat) — YEA
- James Conquest Cross Black (Democrat) — YEA
- John W. Maddox (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston (Democrat) — YEA
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Banks Cabaniss (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Graves Lawson (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 9 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alva Lysander Hager (Republican) — NAY
- David Bremner Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- George Douglas Perkins (Republican) — NAY
- John Albert Tiffin Hull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Fletcher Lacey (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Gear (Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Gordon Cousins (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Ingalls Hayes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Peters Hepburn (Republican) — NAY
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no
Illinois 10 yes, 11 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins (Republican) — NAY
- Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Andrew Jackson Hunter (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Franklin Funk (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Lane (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Fithian (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Smith (Republican) — NAY
- Hamilton Kinkaid Wheeler (Republican) — NAY
- James Franklin Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
- James Robert Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- John Charles Black (Democrat) — YEA
- John James McDannold (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Goldzier (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Edward McGann (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Sidney Post (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Andrew Childs (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Roberts Hitt (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- William McKendree Springer (Democrat) — YEA
- William St. John Forman (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 11 yes, 2 no
- Arthur Herbert Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- Augustus Newton Martin (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Gerard Conn (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Webster Waugh (Republican) — NAY
- Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (Democrat) — YEA
- George William Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Underwood Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Jason Brevoort Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lewis Bretz (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Hammond (Democrat) — YEA
- William Dallas Bynum (Democrat) — YEA
- William Forgy McNagny (Democrat) — YEA
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Seaton Berry (Democrat) — YEA
- Alexander Brooks Montgomery (Democrat) — YEA
- Asher Graham Caruth (Democrat) — YEA
- Isaac Herschel Goodnight (Democrat) — YEA
- James Bennett McCreary (Democrat) — YEA
- Marcus Claiborne Lisle (Democrat) — YEA
- Silas Adams (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Hanson Paynter (Democrat) — YEA
- William Campbell Preston Breckinridge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Johnson Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Ellis (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 6 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 13 yes, 0 no
- Ashley Bascom Wright (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Sturtevant Randall (Republican) — YEA
- Elijah Adams Morse (Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Henry O'Neil (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Henry Walker (Republican) — YEA
- Lewis Dewart Apsley (Republican) — YEA
- Michael Joseph McEttrick (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
- Moses Tyler Stevens (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Walker McCall (Republican) — YEA
- William Cogswell (Republican) — YEA
- William Everett (Democrat) — YEA
- William Franklin Draper (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maine 0 yes, 4 no
Michigan 4 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Demerest Aitken (Republican) — NAY
- George Frederick Richardson (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Franklin Thomas (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Sedgwick Gorman (Democrat) — YEA
- John Avery (Republican) — NAY
- John Logan Chipman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Wesley Moon (Republican) — NAY
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NAY
- Justin Rice Whiting (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock (Democrat) — YEA
- William Seelye Linton (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 3 yes, 4 no
Missouri 12 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Frederick Joy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Dee Burnes (Democrat) — YEA
- David Albaugh de Armond (Democrat) — YEA
- James Beauchamp Clark (Democrat) — YEA
- John Charles Tarsney (Democrat) — YEA
- John Taddeus Heard (Democrat) — YEA
- Marshall Arnold (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Bartholdt (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Parks Bland (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Washington Fyan (Democrat) — YEA
- Seth Wallace Cobb (Democrat) — YEA
- Uriel Sebree Hall (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Hatch (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 7 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 8 yes, 1 no
- Benjamin Franklin Grady (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Hickman Bunn (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Augustus Woodard (Democrat) — YEA
- John Steele Henderson (Democrat) — YEA
- Sydenham Benoni Alexander (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Settle (Republican) — NAY
- William Augustus Blount Branch (Democrat) — YEA
- William Horton Bower (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Crawford (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Martin Nelson Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 6 yes, 2 no
- Cornelius Andrew Cadmus (Democrat) — YEA
- George Bragg Fielder (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Clay Loudenslager (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer (Democrat) — YEA
- John James Gardner (Republican) — NAY
- John Thomas Dunn (Democrat) — YEA
- Johnston Cornish (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Dunn English (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 17 yes, 9 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Jay Cummings (Democrat) — YEA
- Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Addison Chickering (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Daniels (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Delemere Haines (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Tracey (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles William Gillet (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Edgar Sickles (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Newton Lockwood (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward John Dunphy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Marvin (Republican) — NAY
- Franklin Bartlett (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Ray (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Le Fever (Republican) — NAY
- James Jerome Belden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Schoolcraft Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Way Covert (Democrat) — YEA
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican) — NAY
- John De Witt Warner (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hugh Graham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Madison Wever (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Michael Clancy (Democrat) — YEA
- John R. Fellows (Democrat) — YEA
- John van Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Clifford Hendrix (Democrat) — YEA
- Newton Martin Curtis (Republican) — NAY
- Sereno Elisha Payne (Republican) — NAY
- Simon Jacob Schermerhorn (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Francis Magner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Timothy John Campbell (Democrat) — YEA
- Warren Brewster Hooker (Republican) — NAY
- William Bourke Cockran (Democrat) — YEA
- William Jerome Coombs (Democrat) — YEA
- William Ryan (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 11 yes, 9 no
- Albert Jackson Pearson (Democrat) — YEA
- Bellamy Storer (Republican) — NAY
- Byron Foster Ritchie (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Henry Grosvenor (Republican) — NAY
- Darius Dodge Hare (Democrat) — YEA
- Dennis D. Donovan (Democrat) — YEA
- Fernando Coello Layton (Democrat) — YEA
- George Pierce Ikirt (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Houk (Democrat) — YEA
- George Washington Hulick (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Clay van Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- James Alexander Dudley Richards (Democrat) — YEA
- John Alexander Caldwell (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (Democrat) — YEA
- Luther Martin Strong (Republican) — NAY
- Michael Daniel Harter (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Asa Northway (Republican) — NAY
- Tom Loftin Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- William John White (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 8 yes, 12 no, 10 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Cole Hopkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Alexander McDowell (Republican) — NAY
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Warren Stone (Republican) — NAY
- Constantine Jacob Erdman (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner (Republican) — NAY
- Ephraim Milton Woomer (Republican) — YEA
- Frank Eckels Beltzhoover (Democrat) — YEA
- George Frederic Kribbs (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Howard Mutchler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Irving Price Wanger (Republican) — NAY
- James Bernard Reilly (Democrat) — YEA
- John Buchanan Robinson (Republican) — NAY
- John Dalzell (Republican) — NAY
- John Edgar Reyburn (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Augustine Scranton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Crocker Sibley (Democrat) — YEA
- Josiah Duane Hicks (Republican) — NAY
- Marriott Brosius (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Myron Benjamin Wright (Republican) — YEA
- Simon Peter Wolverton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Wharton Phillips (Republican) — NAY
- William Alexis Stone (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Allen Sipe (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Hines (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lilly (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William McAleer (Ind. Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 6 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 8 yes, 2 no
- Alfred Alexander Taylor (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Augustine Enloe (Democrat) — YEA
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Clay Snodgrass (Democrat) — YEA
- James Calvin McDearmon (Democrat) — YEA
- James Daniel Richardson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Chiles Houk (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Edwin Washington (Democrat) — YEA
- Josiah Patterson (Democrat) — YEA
- Nicholas Nichols Cox (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Keith Bell (Democrat) — YEA
- Constantine Buckley Kilgore (Democrat) — YEA
- David Browning Culberson (Democrat) — YEA
- George Cassety Pendleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Abbott (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Draper Sayers (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Bronson Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Moore Paschal (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Gresham (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Crain (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 9 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — YEA
- David Gardiner Tyler (Democrat) — YEA
- Elisha Edward Meredith (Democrat) — YEA
- George Douglas Wise (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry St. George Tucker (Democrat) — YEA
- James Fletcher Epes (Democrat) — YEA
- James William Marshall (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Carrington Edmunds (Democrat) — YEA
- William Atkinson Jones (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 6 yes, 4 no
- Charles Barwig (Democrat) — YEA
- George Bullen Shaw (Republican) — NAY
- George H. Brickner (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Weeks Babcock (Republican) — NAY
- Lyman Eddy Barnes (Democrat) — YEA
- Nils Pederson Haugen (Republican) — NAY
- Owen Augustine Wells (Democrat) — YEA
- Peter J. Somers (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Lynch (Democrat) — YEA
West Virginia 4 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no
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