The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 4864 BY ELIMINATING TIMBER FROM THE FREE LIST. (JP. 252-1)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 4864
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 4 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Alfred Peffer (Populist) — NAY
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Donelson Caffery (Democrat) — NAY
- Newton Crain Blanchard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James McMillan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Patton Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Drew Washburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anselm Joseph McLaurin (Democrat) — NAY
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Nathaniel Roach (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Frederick Manderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Vincent Allen (Populist) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NAY
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Norton Dolph (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — YEA
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NAY
- 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 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Coke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roger Quarles Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Lendrum Mitchell (Democrat) — NAY
- William Freeman Vilas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NAY
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 85 members
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