The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 4864 BY PROVIDING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES APPOINT THREE COMMISSIONERS TO MEET THE COMMISSIONERS OF CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND TO CONSIDER THE MOST DESIRABLE MANNER IN WHICH TO ACCOMP…
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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 22 every one voted no; 6 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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, 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 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anthony Higgins (Republican) — NAY
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Brown Gordon (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Patrick Walsh (Democrat) — NAY
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, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lindsay (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Donelson Caffery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Newton Crain Blanchard (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Charles Power (Republican) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 2 yes, 0 no
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) — YEA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NAY
Washington 1 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
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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