The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO POSTPONE UNTIL DEC. 3, 1929, CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THAT WILLIAM S. VARE IS NOT ENTITLED TO A SENATE SEAT FROM PENNSYLVANIA. (P. 3519)
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
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How each state's senators voted
In 20 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 15 every one voted no; 10 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — NAY
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Patton Harrison (Democrat) — NAY
- Hubert Durrett Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bronson Murray Cutting (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sam Gilbert Bratton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — YEA
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Democrat) — NAY
- Royal Samuel Copeland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Coleman Livingston Blease (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry McMaster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — YEA
- William Henry King (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Lester Greene (Republican) — YEA
- Porter Hinman Dale (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Emroy Warren (Republican) — YEA
- John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 95 members
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