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House recorded vote (61st Congress) · March 15, 1909

Recorded vote

TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON ADOPTING RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE 60TH CONGRESS BE ADOPTED FOR THE H OF R OF THE 61ST CONGRESS, INCLUDING STANDING ORDER OF D…

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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 map

How each state's members voted

In 14 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 22 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 4 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 1 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 4 yes, 5 no
  10. Illinois: 19 yes, 6 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 30 yes, 7 no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 10 yes, 4 no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 4 yes, 7 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 11 no
  22. Ohio: 10 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 27 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 6 yes, 4 no
  25. Connecticut: 5 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 7 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 3 no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 6 no
  30. Missouri: 6 yes, 10 no
  31. Kentucky: 3 yes, 8 no
  32. West Virginia: 5 yes, 0 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 9 no
  34. Maryland: 3 yes, 3 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: no member on this roll call
  37. New Mexico: no member on this roll call
  38. Kansas: 6 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 7 no
  40. Tennessee: 3 yes, 7 no
  41. North Carolina: 3 yes, 7 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 3 yes, 2 no
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 8 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 9 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 11 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 14 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 1 yes, 0 no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 30 yes, 7 no

Utah 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 392 members

Select any member to pull their file.