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Senate recorded vote (61st Congress) · June 18, 1909

H.R. 1438

Recorded vote

TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 1438, BY ADDING A PROVISO IMPOSING A DUTY OF 1/10 OF A CENT PER POUND ON ALL PRINT PAPER, AFTER JULY 1, 1912. (P.3455-2)

Amendment

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 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 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, 2 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Arizona: no member on this roll call
New Mexico: no member on this roll call
Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii: no member on this roll call
Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 1 yes, 1 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 — 92 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Florida 1 yes, 1 no

Georgia 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 0 yes, 2 no

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kansas 2 yes, 0 no

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

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

Maine 0 yes, 2 no

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no

Missouri 1 yes, 1 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

Montana 0 yes, 2 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 1 no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 0 yes, 2 no

Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no

Every vote, by name — 92 members