The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO CONSIDER S. 1728, A BILL PLACING SERVICE POSTMASTERS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE. (P.8312-1)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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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
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 S. 1728
How each state's senators voted
In 14 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 6 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 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, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Payne McLean (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Bingham (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Coleman du Pont (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) — NAY
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Frederic Steck (Democrat) — 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 1 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Capper (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — NAY
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Cabell Bruce (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Robinson Gould (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — YEA
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (Republican) — YEA
- James Couzens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas David Schall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Bartow Hawes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Alexander Reed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lee Slater Overman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cyrus Locher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simeon Davison Fess (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John William Elmer Thomas (Democrat) — NAY
- William Bliss Pine (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Linza McNary (Republican) — NAY
- Frederick Steiwer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Coleman Livingston Blease (Democrat) — NAY
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry McMaster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Davis Tyson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Lester Greene (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Porter Hinman Dale (Republican) — YEA
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Guy Despard Goff (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Mansfield Neely (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 94 members
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