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Senate recorded vote (70th Congress) · February 15, 1928
SRE83

Recorded vote

TO RECESS UNTIL TWELVE O'CLOCK TOMORROW NOON TO AVOID PROLONGING THE SESSION UNTIL A LATE HOUR, A MOTION MADE DURING CONSIDERATION OF S. RES. 83, AUTHORIZING AN INVESTIGATION OF PUBLIC UTILITY CORPORATIONS. (P…

Bill action
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.

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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 SRE83

December 19, 1927 · TO REFER TO THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE COMME… · 40–36 February 15, 1928 · TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED TO S. RE… · 50–34 February 15, 1928 · TO AMEND S. RES. 83, BY PROVIDING THAT THE FE… · 46–31
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Illinois 0 yes, 1 no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 94 members

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