The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
CONFIRMATION OF THE NOMINATION OF LIENT. COL. DUNCAN K. MAJOR, JR. TO BE COLONEL OF INFANTRY IN THE REGULAR ARMY. (P. 2476)
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 20 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Thomas Heflin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lewis Heisler Ball (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Walter Franklin George (Democrat) — YEA
- William Julius Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Moffett Ralston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Manfred Fernald (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Fremont Ladd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lynn Joseph Frazier (Republican) — NAY
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Irving Edwards (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Evans Edge (Republican) — YEA
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 1 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Bartlett Willis (Republican) — NAY
- Simeon Davison Fess (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 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- LeBaron Bradford Colt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nathaniel Barksdale Dial (Democrat) — NAY
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Sterling (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Earle Bradford Mayfield (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Marion la Follette (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Davis Elkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Mansfield Neely (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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