The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.J.RES. 160 (29 STAT 472 4/21/1896), A RESOLUTION RELATING TO APPOINTING OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE NATIONAL HOME FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS, BY ELIMINATING THE NAME OF WILL…
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How each state's members voted
In 8 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 13 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, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 10 yes, 5 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 5 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 17 no, 17 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 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: 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 13 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 15 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 4 no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 7 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 8 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 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, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 7 no, 5 did not vote yes or 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, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- George Paul Harrison (Democrat) — NAY
- James Edward Cobb (Democrat) — NAY
- Jesse Francis Stallings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Wheeler (Democrat) — NAY
- Milford Wriarson Howard (Populist) — NAY
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Henry Clarke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Farrington Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
California 0 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Francis Loud (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Grove Lawrence Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James George Maguire (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James McLachlan (Republican) — NAY
- John All Barham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Greeley Hilborn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Bowers (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 4 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Merian Cooper (Democrat) — NAY
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Edward Russell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Frederick Crisp (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Leavell Moses (Democrat) — NAY
- Farish Carter Tate (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Gray Turner (Democrat) — NAY
- James Conquest Cross Black (Democrat) — NAY
- John W. Maddox (Democrat) — NAY
- Leonidas Felix Livingston (Democrat) — NAY
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Graves Lawson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alva Lysander Hager (Republican) — YEA
- David Bremner Henderson (Republican) — NAY
- George Douglas Perkins (Republican) — NAY
- George Martin Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Albert Tiffin Hull (Republican) — NAY
- John Fletcher Lacey (Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Gordon Cousins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Mercer Clark (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Updegraff (Republican) — YEA
- William Peters Hepburn (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no
Illinois 10 yes, 5 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — YEA
- Benson Wood (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Walhart Woodman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Dean Cooke (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Everett Jerome Murphy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Finis Ewing Downing (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Edmund Foss (Republican) — NAY
- George Elon White (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Prince (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hugh Reid Belknap (Republican) — NAY
- James Austin Connolly (Republican) — YEA
- James Franklin Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Verdi Graff (Republican) — YEA
- Orlando Burrell (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Roberts Hitt (Republican) — NAY
- Vespasian Warner (Republican) — YEA
- Walter Reeves (Republican) — YEA
- William Flavius Lester Hadley (Republican) — NAY
- William Lorimer (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 8 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Merrill Hardy (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Lewis Henry (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Faris (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Steele (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Underwood Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob D. Leighty (Republican) — NAY
- James Alexander Hemenway (Republican) — NAY
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Franklin Hanly (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Overstreet (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jethro Ayers Hatch (Republican) — NAY
- Lemuel Willard Royse (Republican) — NAY
- Robert John Tracewell (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 8 yes, 0 no
- Case Broderick (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Curtis (Republican) — YEA
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — YEA
- Orrin Larrabee Miller (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Whiting Blue (Republican) — YEA
- Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (Republican) — YEA
- William Alexander Calderhead (Republican) — YEA
- William Baker (Populist) — YEA
Kentucky 0 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Seaton Berry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Grant Colson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Bennett McCreary (Democrat) — NAY
- John Daniel Clardy (Democrat) — NAY
- John Kerr Hendrick (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Lewis (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Morgan Kendall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Johnson Pugh (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Evans (Republican) — NAY
- Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Claiborne Owens (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Adolph Meyer (Democrat) — NAY
- Andrew Price (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Francis Buck (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Warren Ogden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Matthews Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Ashley Bascom Wright (Republican) — NAY
- Elijah Adams Morse (Republican) — NAY
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Harrison Henry Atwood (Republican) — NAY
- John Francis Fitzgerald (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Simpkins (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Henry Walker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Dewart Apsley (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Walker McCall (Republican) — NAY
- William Emerson Barrett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Franklin Draper (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Moody (Republican) — NAY
- William Shadrach Knox (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Coffin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Louis Wellington (Republican) — NAY
- Harry Welles Rusk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Kissig Cowen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joshua Weldon Miles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Benjamin Baker (Republican) — YEA
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Addison Boutelle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Seth Llewellyn Milliken (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 5 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Milnes (Republican) — YEA
- David Demerest Aitken (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Spalding (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Franklin Thomas (Republican) — YEA
- Horace Greeley Snover (Republican) — YEA
- John Avery (Republican) — NAY
- John Blaisdell Corliss (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roswell Peter Bishop (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Rousseau Owen Crump (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Merritt Stephenson (Republican) — YEA
- William Alden Smith (Republican) — NAY
- William Seelye Linton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Robert Kiefer (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Arnette Towne (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Marion Eddy (Republican) — YEA
- James Albertus Tawney (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Thompson McCleary (Republican) — NAY
- Joel Prescott Heatwole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Loren Fletcher (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 7 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Monroe Dockery (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Frederick Joy (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Germman Burton (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Nelson Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Albaugh de Armond (Democrat) — NAY
- George Calhoun Crowther (Republican) — YEA
- Joel Douglas Hubbard (Republican) — NAY
- John Henry Raney (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Plank Tracey (Republican) — YEA
- Norman Adolphus Mozley (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Bartholdt (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NAY
- Seth Wallace Cobb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Uriel Sebree Hall (Democrat) — NAY
- William Mitchellson Treloar (Republican) — YEA
Mississippi 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Alonzo Craig Shuford (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Augustus Woodard (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Skinner (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- James Alexander Lockhart (Democrat) — NAY
- John Gilbert Shaw (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richmond Pearson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Romulus Zachariah Linney (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Settle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Franklin Strowd (Populist) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Martin Nelson Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- David Henry Mercer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Eugene Jerome Hainer (Republican) — YEA
- George de Rue Meiklejohn (Republican) — YEA
- Jesse Burr Strode (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Omer Madison Kem (Populist) — YEA
- William Ezekiel Andrews (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Newell Fowler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Clay Loudenslager (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Fleming Stewart (Republican) — NAY
- John James Gardner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Mahlon Pitney (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Wayne Parker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas McEwan Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Griffith Newlands (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 17 no, 17 did not vote yes or no
- Amos Jay Cummings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Lewis Fairchild (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Addison Chickering (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Daniels (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Goodwin Bennett (Republican) — NAY
- Charles William Gillet (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Forrest Wilber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Denis Michael Hurley (Republican) — NAY
- Francis Henry Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Swett Black (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Franklin Bartlett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Brinton McClellan (Democrat) — NAY
- George Newell Southwick (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Ray (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Clay Miner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Colvin Brewster (Republican) — NAY
- Israel Frederick Fischer (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Le Fever (Republican) — NAY
- James Joseph Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Robinson Howe (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Schoolcraft Sherman (Republican) — NAY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lemuel Ely Quigg (Republican) — NAY
- Newton Martin Curtis (Republican) — NAY
- Philip Burrill Low (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Cunningham McCormick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Cutts Shannon (Republican) — NAY
- Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (Republican) — NAY
- Sereno Elisha Payne (Republican) — NAY
- Theodore Lewis Poole (Republican) — NAY
- Wallace Turner Foote Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warren Brewster Hooker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Sulzer (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 2 yes, 13 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Addison S. McClure (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry Grosvenor (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Phelps Taft (Republican) — NAY
- Clifton Bailey Beach (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Kemper Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Coello Layton (Democrat) — NAY
- Francis Byron de Witt (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Hulick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Clay van Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell (Republican) — NAY
- James Harding Southard (Republican) — NAY
- Lorenzo Danford (Republican) — NAY
- Lucien Jerome Fenton (Republican) — YEA
- Luther Martin Strong (Republican) — NAY
- Paul John Sorg (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Walker Tayler (Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Asa Northway (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Ross Harris (Republican) — NAY
- Theodore Elijah Burton (Republican) — NAY
- Winfield Scott Kerr (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 15 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Crout Harmer (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Napoleon Brumm (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Warren Stone (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Constantine Jacob Erdman (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Brodhead Heiner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ephraim Milton Woomer (Republican) — NAY
- Ernest Francis Acheson (Republican) — NAY
- Fred Churchill Leonard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Halterman (Republican) — NAY
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Franklin Huff (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Irving Price Wanger (Republican) — NAY
- James Alonzo Stahle (Republican) — NAY
- James Hodge Codding (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Buchanan Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dalzell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Edgar Reyburn (Republican) — NAY
- John Leisenring (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Augustine Scranton (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Johnson Hart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Duane Hicks (Republican) — YEA
- Marriott Brosius (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Griswold (Republican) — NAY
- Monroe Henry Kulp (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Adams Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Wharton Phillips (Republican) — NAY
- William Alexis Stone (Republican) — YEA
- William Carlile Arnold (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James William Stokes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lowndes McLaurin (Democrat) — YEA
- Stanyarne Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Jefferson Strait (Democrat) — NAY
- William Elliott (Democrat) — NAY
- William Jasper Talbert (Democrat) — NAY
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Alfred Pickler (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Jackson Gamble (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benton McMillin (Democrat) — NAY
- Foster Vincent Brown (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Richard Gibson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Calvin McDearmon (Democrat) — NAY
- James Daniel Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
- John Ethridge McCall (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Edwin Washington (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah Patterson (Democrat) — NAY
- Nicholas Nichols Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- William Coleman Anderson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 7 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Henderson Yoakum (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Keith Bell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Browning Culberson (Democrat) — NAY
- George Cassety Pendleton (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Noonan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Abbott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Chappell Hutcheson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Draper Sayers (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
- Miles Crowley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Bronson Cooper (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 1 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NAY
- David Gardiner Tyler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Elisha Edward Meredith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry St. George Tucker (Democrat) — NAY
- James Alexander Walker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Johnston Otey (Democrat) — NAY
- Smith Spangler Turner (Democrat) — NAY
- Tazewell Ellett (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Atkinson Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Robertson McKenney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Clarence Hyde (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Hall Doolittle (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 3 yes, 1 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Sauerhering (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Sloman Minor (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) — YEA
- John James Jenkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Weeks Babcock (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Michael Griffin (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Andrew Cook (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Stebbins Barney (Republican) — YEA
- Theobald Otjen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alston Gordon Dayton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Hall Huling (Republican) — YEA
- Warren Miller (Republican) — YEA
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Wheeler Mondell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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