The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS THE RESOLUTIONS NAMING THE STANDING AND SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE FOR THE 54TH CONGRESS, COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 1896.
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 19 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Clement Perkins (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Mallory White (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Gray (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (Democrat) — NAY
- David Turpie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lucien Baker (Republican) — YEA
- William Alfred Peffer (Populist) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard (Republican) — YEA
- Marion Butler (Populist) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Mellen Thurston (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Vincent Allen (Populist) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Silver) — NOT VOTING
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Peabody Wetmore (Republican) — YEA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Laurens Manning Irby (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 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
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 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 85 members
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