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Senate recorded vote (56th Congress) · March 16, 1900
H.R. 9080

Recorded vote

TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 9080 (31 STAT. L. 51, APP. 3/24/1900), APPROPRIATING FOR THE BENEFIT AND GOVERNMENT OF PUERTO RICO, REVENUES COLLECTED ON IMPORTATIONS THEREFROM SINCE ITS EVACUATION BY SPAIN, AN…

Bill actionTaxes & tariffs
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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. 9080

March 2, 1900 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H.R. 9080 (… · 152–130 March 2, 1900 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 9080 TO THE COMMITTEE ON APP… · 131–150 March 2, 1900 · TO PASS H.R. 9080. · 162–108 March 2, 1900 · TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY… · 152–110 March 19, 1900 · TO AGREE TO THE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 908… · 87–113 March 23, 1900 · TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CO… · 35–15 March 24, 1900 · TO AGREE TO THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CO… · 135–87
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 25 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 4 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: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
  51. 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.

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

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no

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

Utah 0 yes, 1 no

Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 — 87 members

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