The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 379, BY CHANGING PARAGRAPH 158 FROM WIRE NAILS MADE OF WROUGHT IRON OR STEEL, NOT LESS THAN 1 INCH IN LENGTH AND NOT LIGHTER THAN NO. 16 WIRE GUAGE, 1/2 OF 1% PER POUND; LESS THAN…
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 379
How each state's senators voted
In 12 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Winston Pettus (Democrat) — YEA
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Silver Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Heitfeld (Populist) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Lucien Baker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alexander Harris (Populist) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- William Joseph Deboe (Republican) — NAY
- William Lindsay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Louis Wellington (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Knute Nelson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Cary Walthall (Democrat) — YEA
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lee Mantle (Silver Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Henry Carter (Republican) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard (Republican) — NAY
- Marion Butler (Populist) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Nathaniel Roach (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Mellen Thurston (Republican) — NAY
- William Vincent Allen (Populist) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Collier Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Peabody Wetmore (Republican) — NAY
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Lowndes McLaurin (Democrat) — YEA
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Jenne Cannon (Silver Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Staples Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Turner (Silver Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Lockwood Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Benton Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Don Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 89 members
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