The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS MODIFIED S. RES. 172.
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.
Every roll call on SRE172
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 19 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Edward Watson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Julius Harris (Democrat) — NAY
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — YEA
- Truman Handy Newberry (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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