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Senate recorded vote (61st Congress) · May 11, 1909

H.R. 1438

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H. R. 1438, BY ADDING A PROVISO THAT, NO ARTICLES OF COMMON YELLOW, BROWN OR GRAY EARTHENWARE, PLAIN, EMBOSSED OR SALT GLAZED, COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF EARTHEN OR STONE WARE, SHALL PAY A HIGHER RATE OF DU…

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The question

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

The tally

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

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. 1438

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 28 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: 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: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
New York: 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
California: 0 yes, 2 no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona: no member on this roll call
New Mexico: no member on this roll call
Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii: no member on this roll call
Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 91 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

What was on the floor

Every roll call on H.R. 1438

How each state's senators voted

Alabama 2 yes, 0 no

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

Colorado 1 yes, 1 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

Delaware 0 yes, 2 no

Florida 2 yes, 0 no

Georgia 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 0 yes, 2 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no

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

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no

Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

Maryland 2 yes, 0 no

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

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

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

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

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

Montana 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

New York 0 yes, 2 no

Ohio 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

Texas 2 yes, 0 no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

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

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Washington 0 yes, 2 no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

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

Every vote, by name — 91 members