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Senate recorded vote (65th Congress) · April 28, 1917
S. 1871

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 1871, BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO RAISE AND MAINTAIN BY VOLUNTARY ENLISTMENT OF MEN OVER 25 YEARS AT TIME OF ENLISTMENT, NO MORE THAN 4 INFANTRY DIVISIONS. (P. 1491, COL. 2)

Amendment
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 S. 1871

April 21, 1917 · TO RESUME CONSIDERATION OF S. 1871, A BILL AU… · 53–5 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY PROHIBITING THE SALE OF … · 57–30 April 28, 1917 · TO REFER TO COMM. ON RULES AN AMENDMENT TO S.… · 20–64 April 28, 1917 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 1871, WHICH PROHI… · 39–48 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY MAKING TI UNLAWFUL TO SE… · 45–43 April 28, 1917 · TO FURTHER AMEND S. 1871, BY PROHIBITING THE … · 30–54 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY PROHIBITING THE SELLING … · 51–35 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY RAISING THE MINIMUM AGE … · 42–45 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY RAISING THE AGE LIMIT FO… · 22–65 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY RAISING THE AGE LIMIT FO… · 29–60 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY FIXING THE AGE LIMIT FOR… · 41–44 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY FIXING THE MAXIMUM AGE L… · 42–43 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDEN… · 18–69 April 28, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 1871, BY AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDEN… · 53–25 April 28, 1917 · TO PASS S. 1871. · 81–8
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 22 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 16 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
  4. New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 2 yes, 0 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  45. Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 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.

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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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