The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE RATIFICATION OF A CONVENTION BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHIP CANAL TO CONNECT THE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS. (P. 2261-1)
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 35 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 5 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 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, 2 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 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 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 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Ralph Burton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Paris Gibson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Andrews Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — YEA
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Staples Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Gardner Foster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Levi Ankeny (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 89 members
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