The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT, H. R. 11646 (31 STAT. L. 578, 6/6/1900), MAKING PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN SURVEYS AND FOR THE DIVERSION OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS OR MODIFICATIONS OF PROVISIONS HERETO…
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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.
How each state's senators voted
In 5 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 26 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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.
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, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Piper Taliaferro (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Henry Gear (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Donelson Caffery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Douglas McEnery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Louis Wellington (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Louis Emory McComas (Republican) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cushman Kellogg Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Knute Nelson (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Graham Vest (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Jeter Connelly Pritchard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Marion Butler (Populist) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Kean (Republican) — NAY
- William Joyce Sewell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Silver) — YEA
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Lowndes McLaurin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Chilton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Utah 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Lafayette Rawlins (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Coit Spooner (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Very Quarles (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Don Clark (Republican) — NAY
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 86 members
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