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Senate recorded vote (54th Congress) · May 13, 1896
H.R. 7977

Recorded vote

TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 7977, WHICH AMENDMENT PROPOSES TO LIMIT THE EXPENDITURE BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS TO TWENTY PER CENT OR LESS OF ALL APPROPRIATIONS.

Bill actionDefense & war
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 7977

May 12, 1896 · TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 7977, (29 STA… · 26–31 May 13, 1896 · TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 7977, WHICH A… · 40–23 May 13, 1896 · TO PASS H. R. 7977. · 57–9 May 22, 1896 · THAT THE HOUSE ADOPT A CONFERENCE REPORT ON H… · 189–56 June 2, 1896 · TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THE PRESIDENT OF H.R.… · 219–61 June 3, 1896 · TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THE PRESIDENT AND REC… · 38–10 June 3, 1896 · TO OVERRIDE THE VETO OF THE PRESIDENT AND PAS… · 56–5
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 7 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. 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

Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Florida 2 yes, 0 no

Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 89 members

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