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Senate recorded vote (65th Congress) · December 18, 1918
H.R. 12863

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12863 BY PLACING A TAX ON ANY ESTABLISHMENT WHERE A CHILD UNDER 14 YEARS OR BETWEEN 14-16 YEARS HAS BEEN PERMITTED TO WORK MORE THAN 8 HOURS ON ANY ONE DA…

Bill actionTaxes & tariffs
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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. 12863

September 6, 1918 · THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF … · 256–0 September 7, 1918 · THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF … · 235–0 September 10, 1918 · THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF … · 244–0 September 17, 1918 · THAT THE HOUSE RESOLVE INTO THE COMMITTEE OF … · 278–0 September 20, 1918 · TO PASS H. R. 12863. (P. 10547) · 349–0 December 16, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863 (STAT-40-L-1057, 2/24/17)… · 36–16 December 19, 1918 · TO AGREE TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE AMENDMEN… · 34–22 December 21, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY ELIMINATING FROM A PR… · 21–34 December 21, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY STRIKING OUT COMMITTE… · 31–37 December 21, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY SUBSTITUTING AN EXCES… · 15–44 December 23, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY ABOLISHING THE SO-CAL… · 32–38 December 23, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY PLACING A TAX OF 100%… · 34–28 December 23, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BT EXCLUDING FROM DIRECT… · 33–28 December 23, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY EXTENDING TO THE DIST… · 42–18 December 23, 1918 · TO AMEND H.R. 12863, BY ELIMINATING THE 20% T… · 35–17 December 23, 1918 · TO PASS A SUBSTITUTE BILL FOR H.R. 12863, INC… · 6–55 December 23, 1918 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 12863, REPE… · 41–22 January 31, 1919 · TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 12… · 61–242 January 31, 1919 · TO INSTRUCT THE HOUSE CONFEREES TO CONCUR IN … · 189–118 February 8, 1919 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON BILL H. … · 312–11
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 39 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 5 every one voted no; 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  9. Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 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: 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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