The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSIDER S. RES. 287, A RESOLUTION DECLARING IT TO BE THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE DISCLOSURE OF THE ALLEGED ADMONITION BY THE SECRETARY OF NAVY MERITED REPROBATION.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
What was on the floor
No separate text document applies to this vote.
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 19 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Fosgate Kirby (Democrat) — YEA
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — YEA
- Marcus Aurelius Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Spalding Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Frost Nugent (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 0 yes, 2 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Stewart New (Republican) — NAY
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward James Gay (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Manfred Fernald (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — NAY
- Truman Handy Newberry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander Reed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Selden Palmer Spencer (Republican) — NAY
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Higgins Moses (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Bacon Fall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Latham Owen (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Philander Chase Knox (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Stockton Johnson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Sterling (Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carroll Smalley Page (Republican) — NAY
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Miles Poindexter (Republican) — NAY
- Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Howard Sutherland (Republican) — NAY
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat) — YEA
Every vote, by name — 95 members
Select any member to pull their file.
