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Senate recorded vote (64th Congress) · May 29, 1916
H.R. 12193

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.R. 12193.

Passage
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.

03
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. 12193

March 30, 1916 · TO GO INTO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AND CON… · 238–95 April 11, 1916 · TO RECOMMIT H. R. 12193 (30 STAT 391, JULY 27… · 149–199 April 11, 1916 · TO PASS H. R. 12193 (30 STAT. 391, JULY 27, 1… · 211–133 May 19, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, (39 STAT. 391, 7-27-16),… · 14–48 May 19, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY INCREASING THE APPROP… · 41–10 May 20, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $234,70… · 29–17 May 22, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $234,70… · 34–14 May 22, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $944,00… · 35–17 May 22, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $25,000… · 27–22 May 22, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $10,000… · 33–11 May 22, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY APPROPRIATING $10,000… · 44–10 May 23, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY INCREASING APPROPRIAT… · 48–15 May 23, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY ELIMINATING $250,000 … · 34–15 May 23, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY MAKING SURVEYS OF BRA… · 31–14 May 24, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY ELIMINATING APPROPRIA… · 28–33 May 25, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY PROVIDING THAT NO PAR… · 31–28 May 25, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY ELIMINATING APPROPRIA… · 29–31 May 25, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRA… · 13–34 May 25, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY REDUCING APPROPRIATIO… · 20–35 May 26, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY INCREASING THE APPROP… · 33–21 May 26, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, AS IN THE COMMITTEE OF T… · 22–34 May 26, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY ELIMINATING APPROPRIA… · 19–31 May 27, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY MAKING APPROPRIATIONS… · 11–50 May 29, 1916 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 12193 TO THE COMMITTEE ON CO… · 27–41 May 29, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY MAKING APPROPRIATIONS… · 21–37 May 29, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY PROVIDING THAT NO PAR… · 28–32 May 29, 1916 · TO AMEND H.R. 12193, BY ELIMINATING ALL AFTER… · 23–34 May 29, 1916 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 12193 TO COMMITTEE ON COMMER… · 34–35 July 11, 1916 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT TO H. R. 12193 … · 186–131
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indiana 0 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Nebraska 0 yes, 1 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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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