The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS S. 214, A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 24 OF THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO CODIFY, REVISE, AND AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY," APPROVED MARCH 3, 1911, WHICH PROVIDES TO EXTEND TO $50,000 FROM $10,000…
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.
How each state's senators voted
In 23 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 8 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) — YEA
California 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Baird Cummins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Smith Wildman Brookhart (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Robert Gooding (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Medill McCormick (Republican) — NAY
- William Brown McKinley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Manfred Fernald (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George William Norris (Republican) — YEA
- Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Evans Edge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Atlee Pomerene (Democrat) — YEA
- 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, 1 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Wharton Pepper (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — YEA
- 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 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Knight Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Miles Poindexter (Republican) — NAY
- Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Howard Sutherland (Republican) — YEA
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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