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Senate recorded vote (71st Congress) · April 21, 1930
S. 51

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 51, SO AS TO PERMIT ABOUT 81,000 IMMIGRANTS TO ENTER THE U.S. UNDER THE QUOTA. (P. 7320-2)

AmendmentImmigration
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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 S. 51

April 2, 1930 · TO CONSIDER S. 51, A BILL TO SUBJECT CERTAIN … · 34–29 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 51, A BILL TO SUB… · 34–39 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND AN AMENDMENT TO S. 51, SO AS TO PROV… · 29–43 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY REPEALING THE NATIONAL ORI… · 39–34 April 21, 1930 · TO RECOMMIT S. 51 TO COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION… · 34–38 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY LIMITING THE QUOTA TO MEXI… · 11–56 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY SUSPENDING ALL IMMIGRATION… · 29–37 April 21, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY DEFINING THE ADMISSION OF … · 11–55 April 22, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY STRIKING OUT SECTION 5, CO… · 40–26 April 22, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY SETTING UP QUOTAS ON IMMIG… · 29–37 April 23, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY LIMITING IMMIGRATION OF CI… · 23–41 April 23, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY PERMITTING TEMPORARY ENTRY… · 32–30 April 23, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY PLACING CANADA UPON AN IMM… · 13–44 April 23, 1930 · TO RECOMMIT S. 51 TO COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION… · 23–40 April 24, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY REDUCING THE IMMIGRATION Q… · 41–30 April 24, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, BY STRIKING OUT THE REPEAL OF… · 37–36 April 25, 1930 · TO CONCUR IN AN AMENDMENT TO S. 51, SAID AMEN… · 32–34 April 25, 1930 · TO RECOMMIT S. 51 TO THE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRA… · 34–30 May 13, 1930 · TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO RE… · 46–27 May 13, 1930 · TO AMEND S. 51, A BILL TO SUBJECT CERTAIN IMM… · 51–16
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

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

Texas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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