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Senate recorded vote (62nd Congress) · August 13, 1912
H.R. 21279

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 21279, BY PROVIDING THAT IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, OR IF NEEDS OF SERVICE REQUIRE, LETTER CARRIERS IN THE CITY DELIVERY SERVICE AND CLERKS IN "1 AND 2" CLASS POST OFFICES CAN BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN E…

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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 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. 21279

May 2, 1912 · TO AMEND H. R. 21279 (3 STAT. 539, APP. 8/24/… · 240–86 May 2, 1912 · TO AMEND H. R. 21279, BY PROHIBITING THE ENTE… · 243–77 May 2, 1912 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON MOTION TO R… · 177–145 August 1, 1912 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED TO H.R. … · 27–25 August 12, 1912 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 21279, (37 S… · 37–21 August 13, 1912 · TO AMEND H.R. 21279, BY PROVIDING THAT MEMBER… · 20–31 August 13, 1912 · TO AMEND H.R. 21279, BY PERMITTING POSTAL EMP… · 49–7 August 13, 1912 · TO AMEND H.R. 21279, BY REGULATING THE RATES … · 29–28 August 13, 1912 · TO AMEND H.R. 21279, BY REDUCING THE RATES ON… · 22–33 August 13, 1912 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 21279, WHIC… · 54–2 August 13, 1912 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE ON AN AMENDMENT OFFERED BY… · 22–29 August 15, 1912 · TO ADOPT H. RES. 693, A RESOLUTION TAKING FRO… · 107–78 August 16, 1912 · TO AMEND A MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTE… · 144–85 August 16, 1912 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDED MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO… · 220–0 August 23, 1912 · TO ADOPT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFE… · 130–24
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Illinois 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no

Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no

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

North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Oklahoma 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Texas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 94 members

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