The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSIDER DAILY HOUR OF MEETING AND TO SET IT AT 11 A.M. HEREAFTER AND UNTIL OTHERWISE ORDERED. (JP. 167-2)
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 32 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 3 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, 1 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — YEA
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anselm Joseph McLaurin (Democrat) — YEA
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NAY
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NAY
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) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — YEA
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Kyle (Populist) — NAY
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Watson Carvosso Squire (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Maull Carey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 85 members
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