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Senate recorded vote (59th Congress) · May 14, 1906
H.R. 12987

Recorded vote

TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROVIDING THA NO PERSON WHO SUES A COMMIN CARRIER IN HIS OWN RIGHT OR NAME SHALL BE PREVENTED FROM INSTITUTING ANY OTHER SUIT IN EQUITY IN ANY STATE OR U.S. COURT. (P. 6811-2)

Amendment
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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. 12987

February 8, 1906 · TO PASS H.R. 12987 (34 STAT 584, 6/29/06), AM… · 346–7 May 4, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, (34-STAT-584, 6-2-0… · 22–53 May 7, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY EXCEPTING PIPE L… · 75–0 May 7, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROVIDING THAT N… · 38–35 May 8, 1906 · TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER, AS TO WHETHER THE… · 51–29 May 8, 1906 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO BILL H.R. 12987, WHI… · 29–49 May 9, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY MAKING IT UNLAWF… · 44–29 May 9, 1906 · TO DECIDE THE POINT OF ORDER MADE DURING DEBA… · 25–48 May 9, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY MAKING IT UNLAWF… · 11–62 May 9, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY MAKING IT UNLAWF… · 67–6 May 9, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY EMPOWERING THE I… · 25–46 May 10, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY FIXING A PENALTY… · 49–27 May 10, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROPOSING TO PUN… · 73–2 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY FORBIDDING ANY P… · 23–54 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROVIDING THAT I… · 29–50 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, WHICH AMENDMENT PRO… · 24–52 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY ALLOWING THE COM… · 27–48 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PREVENTING THE O… · 24–55 May 11, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY DIRECTING THE CO… · 26–49 May 12, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY GRANTING THE COU… · 22–46 May 12, 1906 · TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL H.R. 12987… · 40–27 May 12, 1906 · TO TABLE BILL, H.R. 12987. (P. 6783-1) · 49–23 May 12, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROHIBITING THE … · 73–3 May 14, 1906 · TO TABLE THE AMENDMENT TO BILL H.R. 12987, WH… · 41–30 May 14, 1906 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO BILL H.R. 12987, WHI… · 40–27 May 14, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROVIDING FOR TH… · 10–56 May 14, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY HOLDING ANY COMM… · 28–45 May 16, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PENALIZING THE G… · 33–42 May 16, 1906 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO BILL H.R. 12987, WHI… · 23–49 May 16, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROVIDING THAT I… · 22–48 May 16, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PENALIZING THE G… · 60–16 May 16, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY CLASSIFYING AS C… · 43–25 May 17, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY PROHIBITING A CO… · 23–42 May 18, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, SO AS TO ENLARGE TH… · 50–24 May 18, 1906 · TO AMEND BILL H.R. 12987, BY ENLARGING THE AU… · 21–47 May 18, 1906 · TO PASS BILL H.R. 12987. (P. 7088-1) · 71–3 May 25, 1906 · TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT H.R. 129… · 144–105 June 23, 1906 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON THE ADOPTIO… · 121–90 June 23, 1906 · THAT THE HOUSE AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT… · 214–4
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 24 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. 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.

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

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington 0 yes, 2 no

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 89 members

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