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Senate recorded vote (60th Congress) · January 18, 1909
H.R. 23464

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY PROVIDING THAT THE SALARY OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BE INCREASED FROM $12,000 TO $15,000 PER YEAR, AFTER MAR. 3, 1909. (P. 1040-1,2,1039-1,2)

Amendment
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
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. 23464

January 18, 1909 · TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER RAISED DURING DEBA… · 36–32 January 18, 1909 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R.23464, BY PROVID… · 34–32 January 19, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464 BY PROVIDING $5,000 FOR U… · 21–40 January 19, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY PROVIDING THAT THE SA… · 32–33 January 19, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY APPROPRIATING $100,00… · 35–30 January 21, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY REDUCING PROPOSED SAL… · 31–38 January 21, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY FIXING THE SALARY OF … · 30–38 January 21, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY FIXING THE SALARY OF … · 27–33 January 22, 1909 · TO AMEND H.R. 23464, BY REDUCING THE COMPENSA… · 28–41 February 17, 1909 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H. R. 23464… · 169–121 February 17, 1909 · TO POSTPONE UNTIL TOMORROW THE CONSIDERATION … · 143–112 February 18, 1909 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION AND BRING UP F… · 157–107 February 24, 1909 · TO PASS THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFER… · 195–123 February 24, 1909 · TO RECEDE FROM HOUSE DISAGREEMENT AND CONCUR … · 141–168 February 24, 1909 · TO RECEDE FROM HOUSE DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE A… · 164–149
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no

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

New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 92 members

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