The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (71st Congress) · October 16, 1929
Recorded vote
TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION OF C. WILLIAMS (OKLA.) TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL FARM BOARD FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS FROM JUNE 15, 1929.
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The tally
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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 map
How each state's senators voted
In 33 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 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
- 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 2 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Winfield Waterman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lawrence Cowle Phipps (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederic Collin Walcott (Republican) — YEA
- Hiram Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Oren Hastings (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas David Schall (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gerald Prentice Nye (Republican) — NAY
- Lynn Joseph Frazier (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Higgins Moses (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bronson Murray Cutting (Republican) — YEA
- Sam Gilbert Bratton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie (Republican) — YEA
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Simeon Davison Fess (Republican) — YEA
- Theodore Elijah Burton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NAY
- William Emerson Brock (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — YEA
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 2 yes, 0 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 95 members
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