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Senate recorded vote (64th Congress) · January 26, 1917
H.R. 18542

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 18542, BY ELIMINATING THE APPROPRIATION FOR SUBTREASURIES AT BALTIMORE, BOSTON, CHICAGO, CINNINNATI, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO. (P. 2029-2)

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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. 18542

December 19, 1916 · TO AMEND H. R. 18542 (39 STAT. 1070, MARCH 3,… · 105–246 December 19, 1916 · TO AMEND H. R. 18542, BY INCREASING THE PER A… · 185–168 December 19, 1916 · TO AMEND H. R. 18542, BY APPROPRIATING $72,12… · 316–28 January 16, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18542, (3-3… · 50–7 January 17, 1917 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18542, BY INCRE… · 43–18 January 18, 1917 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18542, BY INCRE… · 19–31 January 18, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED TO H.R. … · 33–20 January 22, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 18542, WHIC… · 17–31 January 23, 1917 · TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A S… · 33–29 January 23, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT WHICH AMENDMENT ELI… · 27–36 January 24, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 18542, BY GRANTING THE SECRETAR… · 32–20 January 25, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 18542, BY APPROPRIATING $159,74… · 18–43 January 26, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 18542, BY ELIMINATING THE SEVEN… · 24–33 February 23, 1917 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE AMENDME… · 162–189 February 23, 1917 · TO CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT #71 TO H. R. 18… · 61–283 February 24, 1917 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 18542, … · 42–30
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

Maryland 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington 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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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