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Senate recorded vote (63rd Congress) · February 8, 1915
S. 6856

Recorded vote

TO TABLE APPEAL FROM RULING OF CHAIR THAT THE PENDING QUESTION ON S. 6856, WAS NOT DEBATABLE. (P.3320-1)

Bill action
01
The question

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

02
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 S. 6856

January 4, 1915 · TO CONSIDER S. 6856, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE … · 46–29 January 18, 1915 · TO CONSIDER S. 6856, A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE … · 39–24 January 27, 1915 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, A MOTIO… · 38–10 January 29, 1915 · TO PERMIT A. F. LIPPITT (R. - R. I.) TO PROCE… · 14–28 January 29, 1915 · TO EXCUSE JOHN H. GALLINGER (R. - N. H.) FROM… · 9–37 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE APPEAL OF JACOB H. GALLINGER (R. - N… · 37–2 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 38–16 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE SUBSTITATE AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHI… · 14–39 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 37–15 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 35–18 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 35–17 January 29, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 39–15 February 1, 1915 · TO SUSTAIN CHAIR'S DECISION, A MOTION MADE DU… · 37–46 February 1, 1915 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO RECOMMIT S. 6856, TO THE… · 42–44 February 8, 1915 · TO TABLE APPEAL FROM DECISION OF THE CHAIR TH… · 25–2 February 8, 1915 · TO TABLE APPEAL FROM DECISION OF CHAIR THAT J… · 47–2 February 8, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 37–13 February 8, 1915 · TO TABLE APPEAL FROM DECISION OF THE CHAIR, A… · 33–16 February 8, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 37–20 February 8, 1915 · TO APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR OVER… · 35–26 February 8, 1915 · TO APPEAL FROM PRESENT DECISION OF CHAIR THAT… · 38–46 February 8, 1915 · TO ADJOURN, A MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATIO… · 46–48 February 8, 1915 · TO ADJOURN, A MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATIO… · 48–46 February 12, 1915 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO REFER A RESOLUTION TO CO… · 45–46 February 12, 1915 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO REFER A RESOLUTION TO CO… · 46–46 February 12, 1915 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION L… · 47–47 February 12, 1915 · TO TABLE AN APPEAL FROM THE CHAIR'S DECISION,… · 44–46 February 15, 1915 · TO DECIDE WHETHER THE RULING OF THE CHAIR SHA… · 45–45 February 15, 1915 · TO TABLE A MOTION TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE O… · 45–45 February 16, 1915 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 6856, WHICH AMEND… · 45–47
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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