The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO H. R. 7456, BY PUTTING CYANIDES, AND COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CYANIDE, ON THE FREE LIST. (P.7857 -2)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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. 7456
How each state's senators voted
In 30 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 9 every one voted no; 3 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, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — YEA
- Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Coleman du Pont (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — YEA
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Robert Gooding (Republican) — NAY
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Medill McCormick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Brown McKinley (Republican) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Stewart New (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Capper (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Manfred Fernald (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Truman Handy Newberry (Republican) — YEA
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 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — YEA
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Higgins Moses (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Evans Edge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Musgrave Calder (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Atlee Pomerene (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Bartlett Willis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John William Harreld (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Latham Owen (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Linza McNary (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Nelson Stanfield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Wharton Pepper (Republican) — NAY
- William Evans Crow (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — YEA
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Knight Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — YEA
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Miles Poindexter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) — YEA
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, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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