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ON ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION H. RES. 294, NAMING THE MEMBERS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE INTERIOR DEPT. AND FORESTRY BUREAU OF THE AGRICULTURAL DEPT. (P. 838-1)
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- 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).
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Every roll call on HRE294
How each state's members voted
In 17 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 18 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 6 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 15 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 6 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 24 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 9 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 11 no
- Ohio: 12 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 24 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 6 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 3 no
- Nebraska: 3 yes, 3 no
- Missouri: 6 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 5 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 8 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 15 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 3 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, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Taylor (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry De Lamar Clayton (Democrat) — NAY
- James Thomas Heflin (Democrat) — NAY
- John Lawson Burnett (Democrat) — NAY
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NAY
- Richmond Pearson Hobson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- William Benjamin Craig (Democrat) — NAY
- William Richardson (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
California 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan E. McKinlay (Republican) — YEA
- Everis Anson Hayes (Republican) — YEA
- James Carson Needham (Republican) — YEA
- James McLachlan (Republican) — PRESENT
- Joseph Russell Knowland (Republican) — YEA
- Julius Kahn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sylvester Clark Smith (Republican) — YEA
- William Fellows Englebright (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 0 yes, 3 no
Connecticut 4 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 3 no
Georgia 0 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Gordon Edwards (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett (Democrat) — NAY
- Dudley Mays Hughes (Democrat) — NAY
- Gordon Lee (Democrat) — NAY
- Leonidas Felix Livingston (Democrat) — NAY
- Seaborn Anderson Roddenbery (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Montgomery Bell (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas William Hardwick (Democrat) — NAY
- William Charles Adamson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Gordon Brantley (Democrat) — NAY
- William Marcellus Howard (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 9 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Foster Dawson (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Augustus Kennedy (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Edgar Pickett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Elbert Hamilton Hubbard (Republican) — YEA
- Frank Plowman Woods (Republican) — YEA
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen (Republican) — YEA
- James William Good (Republican) — YEA
- John Albert Tiffin Hull (Republican) — YEA
- Nathan Edward Kendall (Republican) — YEA
- Walter Inglewood Smith (Republican) — YEA
- William Darius Jamieson (Democrat) — NAY
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no
Illinois 15 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Adolph Joachim Sabath (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Eugene Fuller (Republican) — YEA
- Frank Orren Lowden (Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Lundin (Republican) — PRESENT
- George Edmund Foss (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Prince (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Sherman Boutell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Thomas Rainey (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Howard Malcolm Snapp (Republican) — YEA
- James McKinney (Republican) — YEA
- James McMahon Graham (Democrat) — NAY
- James Robert Mann (Republican) — PRESENT
- James Thomas McDermott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Allen Sterling (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Verdi Graff (Republican) — YEA
- Martin Barnaby Madden (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Martin David Foster (Democrat) — NAY
- Napoleon Bonaparte Thistlewood (Republican) — YEA
- Pleasant Thomas Chapman (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Gallagher (Democrat) — NAY
- William August Rodenberg (Republican) — YEA
- William Brown McKinley (Republican) — YEA
- William James Moxley (Republican) — YEA
- William Warfield Wilson (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 2 yes, 11 no
- Charles Alexander Korbly (Democrat) — NAY
- Cyrus Cline (Democrat) — NAY
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Rauch (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry A. Barnhart (Democrat) — NAY
- John Alfred Adair (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Boehne (Democrat) — NAY
- Lincoln Dixon (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Andrew Morrison (Democrat) — NAY
- Ralph Wilbur Moss (Democrat) — NAY
- William Allen Cullop (Democrat) — NAY
- William Elijah Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- William Oscar Barnard (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Frederick Scott (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- Edmond Haggard Madison (Republican) — PRESENT
- James Monroe Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philip Pitt Campbell (Republican) — YEA
- Victor Murdock (Republican) — YEA
- William Alexander Calderhead (Republican) — YEA
- William Augustus Reeder (Republican) — YEA
Kentucky 3 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ben Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Don Calvin Edwards (Republican) — YEA
- Harvey Helm (Democrat) — NAY
- James Campbell Cantrill (Democrat) — NAY
- John Wesley Langley (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Bentley Bennett (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Lafayette Rhinock (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Swagar Sherley (Democrat) — NAY
- Ollie Murray James (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Young Thomas Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Estopinal (Democrat) — NAY
- Arsène Paulin Pujo (Democrat) — NAY
- John Thomas Watkins (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Charles Wickliffe (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Foligny Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Louis Gilmore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 9 yes, 2 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew James Peters (Democrat) — NAY
- Augustus Peabody Gardner (Republican) — YEA
- Butler Ames (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Grenfill Washburn (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Quincy Tirrell (Republican) — YEA
- Ernest William Roberts (Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — YEA
- George Pelton Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
- John Austin Keliher (Democrat) — NAY
- John Wingate Weeks (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Francis O'Connell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Walker McCall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Croad Lovering (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Stedman Greene (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 2 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Alexander Pearre (Republican) — YEA
- James Harry Covington (Democrat) — NAY
- John Gill Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Kronmiller (Republican) — YEA
- Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (Democrat) — NAY
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maine 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- Edward La Rue Hamilton (Republican) — YEA
- Edwin Denby (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Henry Dodds (Republican) — YEA
- George Alvin Loud (Republican) — YEA
- Gerrit John Diekema (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Gordon McMorran (Republican) — YEA
- Horace Olin Young (Republican) — YEA
- James Campbell McLaughlin (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Warren Fordney (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel William Smith (Republican) — YEA
- Washington Gardner (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 6 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew John Volstead (Republican) — YEA
- Charles August Lindbergh (Republican) — PRESENT
- Charles Russell Davis (Republican) — PRESENT
- Clarence Benjamin Miller (Republican) — YEA
- Frank Mellen Nye (Republican) — YEA
- Frederick Clement Stevens (Republican) — YEA
- Halvor Steenerson (Republican) — YEA
- James Albertus Tawney (Republican) — YEA
- Winfield Scott Hammond (Democrat) — NAY
Missouri 6 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Phillips Murphy (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Augustus Crow (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Ferris Booher (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Henry Morgan (Republican) — YEA
- Clement Cabell Dickinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Courtney Walker Hamlin (Democrat) — NAY
- Dorsey William Shackleford (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Marcy Coudrey (Republican) — YEA
- James Beauchamp Clark (Democrat) — NAY
- James Tilghman Lloyd (Democrat) — NAY
- Joshua Willis Alexander (Democrat) — NAY
- Patrick Francis Gill (Democrat) — NAY
- Politte Elvins (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Bartholdt (Republican) — YEA
- William Patterson Borland (Democrat) — NAY
- William Waller Rucker (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adam Monroe Byrd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Benjamin Grubb Humphreys (Democrat) — NAY
- Eaton Jackson Bowers (Democrat) — NAY
- Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- James William Collier (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Spight (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Upton Sisson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Alexander Dickson (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Holden Cowles (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Randolph Thomas (Democrat) — NAY
- Claude Kitchin (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward William Pou (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Edwin Yates Webb (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Hannibal Lafayette Godwin (Democrat) — NAY
- John Gaston Grant (Republican) — YEA
- John Humphrey Small (Democrat) — NAY
- John Motley Morehead (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Newton Page (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 3 yes, 3 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 6 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Newell Fowler (Republican) — YEA
- Eugene Francis Kinkead (Democrat) — NAY
- Henry Clay Loudenslager (Republican) — YEA
- Ira Wells Wood (Republican) — YEA
- James Alphonsus Hamill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John James Gardner (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Wayne Parker (Republican) — YEA
- William Halsted Wiley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Hughes (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no
New York 24 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Blakeslee Law (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Luman Knapp (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Stephen Millington (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Vincent Fornes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Cyrus Durey (Republican) — YEA
- Daniel Angelus Driscoll (Democrat) — NAY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan (Democrat) — NAY
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander (Republican) — YEA
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Burton Harrison (Democrat) — NAY
- George Henry Lindsay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Newell Southwick (Republican) — YEA
- George Roland Malby (Republican) — YEA
- George Winthrop Fairchild (Republican) — YEA
- Hamilton Fish (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Mayer Goldfogle (Democrat) — NAY
- Herbert Parsons (Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Sloat Fassett (Republican) — YEA
- Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (Republican) — YEA
- James Breck Perkins (Republican) — YEA
- James Samuel Simmons (Republican) — YEA
- John Emory Andrus (Republican) — YEA
- John Joseph Fitzgerald (Democrat) — NAY
- John Wilbur Dwight (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Aloysius Goulden (Democrat) — NAY
- Michael Edward Driscoll (Republican) — YEA
- Michael Francis Conry (Democrat) — NAY
- Otto Godfrey Foelker (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Young (Republican) — PRESENT
- Sereno Elisha Payne (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Wilson Bradley (Republican) — YEA
- William Forte Willett Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Draper (Republican) — YEA
- William Musgrave Calder (Republican) — YEA
- William Stiles Bennet (Republican) — YEA
- William Sulzer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Willets Cocks (Republican) — YEA
Ohio 12 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Adna Romulus Johnson (Republican) — YEA
- Albert Douglas (Republican) — YEA
- Carl Carey Anderson (Democrat) — NAY
- David Adams Hollingsworth (Republican) — YEA
- Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- Herman Philip Goebel (Republican) — YEA
- Isaac R. Sherwood (Democrat) — NAY
- James Henry Cassidy (Republican) — YEA
- James Joyce (Republican) — YEA
- James Kennedy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Middleton Cox (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Warren Keifer (Republican) — YEA
- Leonard Paul Howland (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Rombach Denver (Democrat) — NAY
- Nicholas Longworth (Republican) — YEA
- Ralph Dayton Cole (Republican) — YEA
- Timothy Thomas Ansberry (Democrat) — NAY
- William Albert Ashbrook (Democrat) — PRESENT
- William Aubrey Thomas (Republican) — YEA
- William Ellsworth Tou Velle (Democrat) — NAY
- William Graves Sharp (Democrat) — NAY
Oklahoma 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 24 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Mitchell Palmer (Democrat) — NAY
- Alfred Buckwalter Garner (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Allen Foster Cooper (Republican) — YEA
- Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (Republican) — YEA
- Arthur Laban Bates (Republican) — YEA
- Benjamin Kurtz Focht (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Clarence Pratt (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Frederick Barclay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Franklin Lafean (Republican) — YEA
- George Deardorff McCreary (Republican) — YEA
- George Franklin Huff (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Wilbur Palmer (Republican) — YEA
- Irving Price Wanger (Republican) — YEA
- James Francis Burke (Republican) — YEA
- Joel Cook (Republican) — YEA
- John Dalzell (Republican) — YEA
- John Geiser McHenry (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hoover Rothermel (Democrat) — PRESENT
- John Kinley Tener (Republican) — YEA
- John Merriman Reynolds (Republican) — YEA
- Jonathan Nicholas Langham (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Hampton Moore (Republican) — YEA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Platt Wheeler (Republican) — YEA
- Reuben Osborne Moon (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas David Nicholls (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Stalker Butler (Republican) — YEA
- William Bauchop Wilson (Democrat) — NAY
- William Harrison Graham (Republican) — YEA
- William Walker Foulkrod (Republican) — YEA
- William Walton Griest (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adin Ballou Capron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Paine Sheffield (Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 0 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 8 no
- Cordell Hull (Democrat) — NAY
- Finis James Garrett (Democrat) — NAY
- George Washington Gordon (Democrat) — NAY
- John Austin Moon (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Wellington Byrns (Democrat) — NAY
- Lemuel Phillips Padgett (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Wilson Austin (Republican) — YEA
- Thetus Willrette Sims (Democrat) — NAY
- Walter Preston Brownlow (Republican) — YEA
- William Cannon Houston (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 15 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Sidney Burleson (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Alexander White Gregg (Democrat) — NAY
- Choice Boswell Randell (Democrat) — NAY
- George Farmer Burgess (Democrat) — NAY
- Gordon James Russell (Democrat) — NAY
- James Andrew Beall (Democrat) — NAY
- James Luther Slayden (Democrat) — NAY
- John Hall Stephens (Democrat) — NAY
- John Matthew Moore (Democrat) — NAY
- John Nance Garner (Democrat) — NAY
- Martin Dies (Democrat) — NAY
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — NAY
- Oscar William Gillespie (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Lee Henry (Democrat) — NAY
- Rufus Hardy (Democrat) — NAY
- William Robert Smith (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 1 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 7 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Campbell Bascom Slemp (Republican) — YEA
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Creighton Carlin (Democrat) — NAY
- Edward Watts Saunders (Democrat) — NAY
- Harry Lee Maynard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry De La Warr Flood (Democrat) — NAY
- James Hay (Democrat) — NAY
- John Lamb (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Turnbull (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Atkinson Jones (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 6 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur William Kopp (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Herman Weisse (Democrat) — NAY
- Elmer Addison Morse (Republican) — YEA
- Gustav Küstermann (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) — PRESENT
- Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican) — PRESENT
- James Henry Davidson (Republican) — YEA
- John Jacob Esch (Republican) — YEA
- John Mandt Nelson (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Henry Stafford (Republican) — YEA
- William Joseph Cary (Republican) — PRESENT
West Virginia 5 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Wheeler Mondell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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