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Senate recorded vote (71st Congress) · May 28, 1929
S. 312

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 312 BY CHANGING THE BASIS OF REAPPORTIONMENT FROM THE MAJOR-FRACTIONS RULE TO THE EQUAL PROPORTIONS RULE, IN ORDER TO GIVE A FAIRER REPRESENTATION TO THE SMALLER STATES. (P. 2071-1,2)

Amendment
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

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 S. 312

May 21, 1929 · TO SUSTAIN THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, MADE DU… · 63–9 May 24, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312, BY REQUIRING TEMPORARY EMPLO… · 42–37 May 24, 1929 · TO AMEND 312, BY LEAVING TO THE PRESIDENT THE… · 38–45 May 24, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY PROVIDING FOR THE TAKING O… · 41–42 May 28, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO… · 29–48 May 28, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY CHANGING THE TIME IN WHICH… · 24–55 May 28, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY CHANGING THE TIME IN WHICH… · 28–51 May 28, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY INCLUDING IN INFORMATION C… · 65–18 May 28, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY INCLUDING IN THE CENSUS AN… · 24–56 May 29, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY PROVIDING THAT AN ALIEN WH… · 25–53 May 29, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 BY STOPPING THE PROCESS OF RE… · 40–41 May 29, 1929 · TO PASS S. 312. (P. 2159-2) · 57–26 June 6, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312 (46 ST. 21, JUNE 18, 1929) A … · 188–189 June 6, 1929 · TO AMEND S. 312, BY ELIMINATING A PROVISION R… · 191–179 June 6, 1929 · TO RECOMMIT S. 312 TO THE COMMITTEE ON CENSUS. · 126–253 June 6, 1929 · TO PASS S. 312. · 272–104 June 10, 1929 · TO RECOMMIT S. 312 TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFER… · 160–136 June 13, 1929 · TO AGREE TO REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON… · 48–37
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 95 members

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