The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 5133, BY PROVIDING THAT THIS ACT SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY RAILWAY COMPANY WHOSE RAILROAD LIES WHOLLY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF ONE STATE.
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.
Every roll call on S. 5133
How each state's senators voted
In 8 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 26 every one voted no; 7 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Winston Pettus (Democrat) — NAY
- 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 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Algernon du Pont (Republican) — NAY
- James Frank Allee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Democrat) — NAY
- Weldon Brinton Heyburn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins (Republican) — NAY
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Washburn Benson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — YEA
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 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — YEA
- Russell Alexander Alger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
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, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NAY
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Eben Burnham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Fairfield Dryden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Kean (Republican) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Griffith Newlands (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Stuart Nixon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Chauncey Mitchell Depew (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Collier Platt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Peabody Wetmore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alfred Beard Kittredge (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Jackson Gamble (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Ward Carmack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Beriah Frazier (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Utah 1 yes, 1 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — YEA
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Coit Spooner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 90 members
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