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Senate recorded vote (64th Congress) · March 2, 1917
H.R. 20632

Recorded vote

TO AMEND H.R. 20632, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY TO EXPEND $30,000 FOR THE PURCHASE AND TESTING OF ONE TALBOT BOILER TO ASCERTAIN THE FEASIBILITY OF USING SAME ON BATTLE CRUISERS INSTEAD OF TYPE P…

AmendmentDefense & war
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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. 20632

February 12, 1917 · TO PASS H. R. 20632 (39 STAT. 1168, MARCH 4, … · 354–23 March 1, 1917 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 20632, (3-4… · 32–33 March 1, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 20632, BY APPROPRIATING $70,000… · 32–16 March 2, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 20632, BY PROVIDING AN APPROPRI… · 46–26 March 2, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 20632, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRE… · 14–53 March 2, 1917 · TO AMEND H.R. 20632, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRE… · 50–24
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 21 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 16 every one voted no; 7 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas 0 yes, 1 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 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

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

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

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

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

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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