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Senate recorded vote (64th Congress) · February 21, 1917
H.R. 19359

Recorded vote

TO PASS THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE ON H.R. 19359, A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FISCAL 1918, WHICH REPORT RELATES TO THE DISAGREEING VOTES OF BOTH HOUSES AN AMEN…

PassageBudget & spending
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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. 19359

January 8, 1917 · TO AMEND H. R. 19359 (39 STAT. 1134, MARCH 4,… · 279–33 February 7, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 19359, (3-4… · 21–26 February 24, 1917 · TO PASS H. R. 19359 (39 STAT. 1134, MARCH 4, … · 174–191
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 43 every one voted no; 1 was 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, 1 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 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: 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 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.

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

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

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

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

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 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

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

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

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

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 2 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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