The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 2833, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE EXTENTION, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION OF THE GREAT FALLS AND OLD DOMINION RAILROAD INTO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (P. 905-1)
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 19 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 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, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henderson Berry (Democrat) — NAY
- James Paul Clarke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Frank Allee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Warren Fairbanks (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Ralph Burton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Murphy James Foster (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Douglas McEnery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NAY
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Marion Cockrell (Democrat) — YEA
- William Joel Stone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anselm Joseph McLaurin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hernando De Soto Money (Democrat) — YEA
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — YEA
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Fairfield Dryden (Republican) — NAY
- John Kean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Fulton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hipple Mitchell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philander Chase Knox (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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Asbury Churchwell Latimer (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Ward Carmack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Kearns (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NAY
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Gardner Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Levi Ankeny (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Bay Scott (Republican) — YEA
- 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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