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Senate recorded vote (65th Congress) · May 4, 1917
S. 2

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2, A BILL PROVIDING PUNISHMENT FOR ESPIONAGE, BY AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF EXPORTS TO COUNTRIES SUPPLYING THE ENEMY, AND MAKING SUCH EXPORTS UNLAWFUL. (P. 1686, COL. 1)

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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 S. 2

April 20, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 2, A BILL PROVIDING FOR PUNISHMEN… · 34–40 April 20, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 2, STRIKING THE PARAGRAPH SETTING… · 33–43 May 4, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 2, BY LIMITING THE EXPORTATION OF… · 55–11 May 4, 1917 · TO AMEND S. 2, BY STRIKING THE WORDS ON P. 27… · 11–47
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Virginia 1 yes, 0 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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