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House recorded vote (55th Congress) · March 15, 1897

Recorded vote

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF THE 54TH CONGRESS BE ADOPTED AS THE RULES OF THE 55TH CONGRESS. (JP. 7-1)

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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.

03
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 map

How each state's members voted

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

Colorado 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Idaho 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

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

Washington 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 349 members

Select any member to pull their file.