The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND S. 6737, BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY COMMON CARRIER TO CHARGE OR RECEIVE ANY GREATER COMPENSATION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PASSENGERS OR LIKE KIND OF PROPERTY FOR SHORTER HAUL IN THE SAME DIRECTION…
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. 6737
How each state's senators voted
In 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 31 every one voted no; 3 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 2 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Forney Johnston (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Paul Clarke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jeff Davis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Alden Richardson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Algernon du Pont (Republican) — NAY
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NAY
- James Piper Taliaferro (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Baird Cummins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NAY
- William Lorimer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Hanson Paynter (Democrat) — NAY
- William O'Connell Bradley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isidor Rayner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Walter Smith (Democrat) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Pierce Frye (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Julius Caesar Burrows (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Alden Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edward Purcell (Democrat) — YEA
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Obadiah Briggs (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Kean (Republican) — NAY
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
- Elihu Root (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Tener Oliver (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Peabody Wetmore (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Beriah Frazier (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Love Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Sutherland (Republican) — NAY
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Warwick Daniel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Staples Martin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 92 members
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