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House recorded vote (71st Congress) · February 16, 1931
H.R. 17054

Recorded vote

TO SUSPEND RULES AND PASS H.R. 17054 (P. 743, FEB. 27, 1931) WITH AN AMENDMENT, A BILL TO INCREASE THE LOAN BASIS OF ADJUSTED SERVICE CERTIFICATES, WHICH AMENDMENT AMENDS SECTIONS 502 AND 507 OF WORLD WAR ADJU…

Bill actionDefense & war
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The question

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

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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

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.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on H.R. 17054

February 19, 1931 · TO PASS H.R. 17054,(46 STAT-CHAP. 318, 2-27-3… · 72–12 February 26, 1931 · TO PASS H.R. 17054 (P. 743, FEB. 27, 1931), O… · 328–79 February 27, 1931 · TO PASS OVER VETO OF THE PRESIDENT, H.R. 1705… · 76–17
The map

How each state's members voted

In 33 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 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 members voted.

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

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arizona 1 yes, 0 no

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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 36 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 26 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

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