The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF S. 3518, (3-16-16), A BILL GRANTING PENSIONS AND INCREASES OF PENSIONS TO CERTAIN SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE CIVIL WAR AND CERTAIN WIDOWS AND DEPENDENT RELATIVES OF SUCH SOLDIER…
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 32 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 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 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Algernon du Pont (Republican) — YEA
- Willard Saulsbury Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Henry Brady (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ollie Murray James (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Foligny Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Blair Lee (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Walter Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- William Alden Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Kimble Vardaman (Democrat) — NAY
- John Sharp Williams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- 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
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Griffith Newlands (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — YEA
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Latham Owen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NAY
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Stockton Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Sterling (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Staples Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nathan Goff (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edwin Chilton (Democrat) — YEA
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Don Clark (Republican) — YEA
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 96 members
Select any member to pull their file.
