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House recorded vote (65th Congress) · July 31, 1917
HRE126

Recorded vote

TO MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H. RES. 126, PROVIDING THAT H. R. 4285, MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR AND PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS, BE TAKEN FROM THE SPE…

Bill actionBudget & 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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HRE126

July 31, 1917 · TO ADOPT H. RES. 126, AUTHORIZING THE HOUSE T… · 188–103
The map

How each state's members voted

In 15 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 25 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

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

Arizona 1 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 0 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 11 yes, 4 no, 28 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 15 yes, 5 no, 15 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

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