The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND THE PREAMBLE TO S. RES. 247, REQUESTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HAVE THE PROPER OFFICIALS OF HIS DEPT. YAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS FOR A PROMPT REVIEW AND DETERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING ENTITLED "IN THE…
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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
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Every roll call on SRE247
How each state's senators voted
In 13 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 12 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: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 2 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, 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican) — YEA
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Robert Gooding (Republican) — YEA
- 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Moffett Ralston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ovington Eugene Weller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Cabell Bruce (Democrat) — 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Couzens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (Democrat) — NAY
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
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
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Wharton Pepper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NAY
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry King (Democrat) — NAY
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Lester Greene (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Porter Hinman Dale (Republican) — YEA
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Mansfield Neely (Democrat) — NAY
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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