The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT TO H. R. 8245, WHICH AMENDMENT INCREASES THE TAX ON CERTAIN KINDS OF PLEASURE BOATS AND YACHTS, FROM 5% TO 10%. (P.7085-1,2)
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
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 8245
How each state's senators voted
In 28 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 4 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 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: 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.
Alabama 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Thomas Heflin (Democrat) — YEA
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (Democrat) — YEA
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican) — NAY
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Coleman du Pont (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Baird Cummins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Squire Kenyon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Pretlow Ernst (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Irwin France (Republican) — NAY
- Ovington Eugene Weller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Billings Kellogg (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Knute Nelson (Republican) — NAY
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Lee Myers (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George William Norris (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (Democrat) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie (Republican) — YEA
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- William Musgrave Calder (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John William Harreld (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Latham Owen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Boies Penrose (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Evans Crow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (Democrat) — YEA
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Sterling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Knight Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Carroll Smalley Page (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — YEA
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Howard Sutherland (Republican) — YEA
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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