The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS H. R. 11939 (42 STAT. 1499, 3/4/1923), A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 5219 OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES. (P.2219-1,2)
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. 11939
How each state's senators voted
In 29 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 5 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 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, 2 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 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ralph Henry Cameron (Republican) — YEA
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — YEA
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustus Owsley Stanley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Pretlow Ernst (Republican) — YEA
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
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 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Lee Myers (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd (Republican) — YEA
- Porter James McCumber (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrieus Aristieus Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Holm Olaf Bursum (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie (Republican) — YEA
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Sterling (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Knight Shields (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Howard Sutherland (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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