The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO REFER TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, S. RES. 73, AMENDING RULES XXXVII AND XXXVIII OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS AND TREATIES IN OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION UN…
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
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How each state's senators voted
In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 11 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Thomas Heflin (Democrat) — NAY
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah Oliver Wolcott (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Medill McCormick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Brown McKinley (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Stewart New (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Pretlow Ernst (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Irwin France (Republican) — YEA
- Ovington Eugene Weller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Manfred Fernald (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Alexander Reed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Selden Palmer Spencer (Republican) — YEA
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Lee Myers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (Republican) — YEA
- Walter Evans Edge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- William Musgrave Calder (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Atlee Pomerene (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Bartlett Willis (Republican) — YEA
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
- Philander Chase Knox (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carroll Smalley Page (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Paul Dillingham (Republican) — YEA
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — NAY
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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