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House recorded vote (70th Congress) · March 9, 1928
SJR47

Recorded vote

TO PASS S.J.RES. 47, A BILL PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES FIXING THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERMS OF PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND FIXING THE TIME OF THE …

Passage
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
  • 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).
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on SJR47

January 4, 1928 · TO PASS S. J. RES. 47, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT… · 67–6
The map

How each state's members voted

In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 32 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 3 no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 4 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
  8. North Dakota: 3 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 9 yes, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 9 yes, 9 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 11 yes, 0 no
  12. Michigan: 12 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 11 yes, 26 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 3 no
  15. Massachusetts: 8 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 3 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 10 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 12 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 17 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 3 yes, 9 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 4 no
  26. California: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 6 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 11 yes, 5 no
  31. Kentucky: 4 yes, 7 no
  32. West Virginia: 2 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 3 yes, 7 no
  34. Maryland: 5 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no
  38. Kansas: 7 yes, 1 no
  39. Arkansas: 2 yes, 5 no
  40. Tennessee: 9 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 7 yes, 3 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 6 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 8 yes, 0 no
  45. Louisiana: 7 yes, 1 no
  46. Mississippi: 6 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 4 yes, 6 no
  48. Georgia: 11 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 15 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 2 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.

Arizona 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 11 yes, 26 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 6 yes, 17 no, 13 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 435 members

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