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Senate recorded vote (55th Congress) · January 18, 1899
S. 4792

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 4792, WHICH AMENDMENT PERMITS CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF SAID CANAL, PURCHASE OF LANDS AND DRAWING UP PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. (P. 739-1)

Bill actionTransportation
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The question

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

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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 S. 4792

January 17, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY PROVIDING THAT SAID ACT … · 9–38 January 18, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY PROVIDING THAT SAID ACT … · 12–37 January 18, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY AUTHORIZING PRESIDENT OF… · 15–32 January 19, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY LIMITING PAYMENTS UNDER … · 34–25 January 19, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792 AS AMENDED, BY LIMITING PAYM… · 41–19 January 19, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY LIQUIDATING MARITIME CAN… · 13–33 January 19, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY PROVIDING FOR CONSTRUCTI… · 13–37 January 20, 1899 · TO AMEND S. 4792, BY PAYING TO MARITIME CANAL… · 20–32 January 21, 1899 · TO PASS S. 4792. (P. 910-2) · 48–6
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 90 members

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