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Senate recorded vote (56th Congress) · February 21, 1901
H.R. 13729

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO BILL H. R. 13729, SAID AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING $224,000 FOR TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BY PNEUMATIC TUBE, BY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE, FOR MAINTENANCE AND EXTENSION IN CITIES HAVING THE SY…

Bill actionDefense & war
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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 H.R. 13729

February 7, 1901 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON RECOMMITTIN… · 161–82 February 20, 1901 · TO AMEND BILL H. R. 13729 (31 STAT. 1099, 3/3… · 18–51 February 20, 1901 · TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER RAISED DURING CONS… · 55–16 February 21, 1901 · TO AMEND H. R. 13729, BY PROVIDING THAT MORE … · 42–14 February 21, 1901 · TO AMEND H. R. 13729, BY ELIMINATING, THE CLA… · 19–40 February 22, 1901 · TO AMEND H. R. 13729, BY ELIMINATING THE APPR… · 19–45 February 22, 1901 · TO TABLE ON AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 13729, ENAB… · 38–23
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 9 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, 2 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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.

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 88 members

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