The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER; WHETHER AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 13860 (APP. 4-28-04, 33 STAT. 441), THE MILITARY ACADEMY APPROPRIATION BILL, IS GERMANE. THE AMENDMENT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO ESTABLISH…
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 9 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 22 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Winston Pettus (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — NAY
- James Paul Clarke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Moore Teller (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas MacDonald Patterson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Frank Allee (Republican) — NAY
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Piper Taliaferro (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Russell Mallory (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stephens Clay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Augustus Octavius Bacon (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Warren Fairbanks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Ralph Burton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Murphy James Foster (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Douglas McEnery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Frisbie Hoar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NAY
- Louis Emory McComas (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Joel Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anselm Joseph McLaurin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Paris Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Andrews Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — NAY
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Henry Dietrich (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Hopkins Millard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Eben Burnham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Fairfield Dryden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Kean (Republican) — NAY
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Collier Platt (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer (Democrat) — NAY
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Kearns (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Gardner Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Levi Ankeny (Republican) — NAY
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Bay Scott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Benton Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Don Clark (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 90 members
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