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House recorded vote (72nd Congress) · May 31, 1932

H.R. 235

Recorded vote

TO PASS H. RES. 235, CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE GOVERNMENT COMPETITION WITH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. (P. 11675-2)

Passage

The question

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

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 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.

The map

How each state's members voted

In 11 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 29 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

Alaska: no member on this roll call
Maine: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Washington: 2 yes, 3 no
Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
North Dakota: 3 yes, 0 no
Minnesota: 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Illinois: 9 yes, 7 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin: 5 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Michigan: 5 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York: 12 yes, 12 no, 19 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 2 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts: 5 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
Oregon: 1 yes, 2 no
Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no
Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
South Dakota: 1 yes, 2 no
Iowa: 4 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Indiana: 8 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Ohio: 9 yes, 5 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania: 4 yes, 17 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
New Jersey: 4 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Connecticut: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
California: 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 1 yes, 3 no
Nebraska: 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Missouri: 12 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky: 7 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia: 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Maryland: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
Arizona: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no
Kansas: 7 yes, 1 no
Arkansas: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Tennessee: 4 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
South Carolina: 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Louisiana: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi: 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Alabama: 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Georgia: 9 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Hawaii: no member on this roll call
Texas: 11 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 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.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

What was on the floor

How each state's members voted

Alabama 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

California 1 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 1 yes, 3 no

Connecticut 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Georgia 9 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 4 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 0 yes, 2 no

Illinois 9 yes, 7 no, 11 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 8 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Kansas 7 yes, 1 no

Kentucky 7 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 7 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 5 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

Maryland 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Maine 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 5 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 2 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 12 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 6 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

North Carolina 6 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 3 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 4 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Jersey 4 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 12 yes, 12 no, 19 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 9 yes, 5 no, 8 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 4 yes, 17 no, 13 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 3 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 2 no

Tennessee 4 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

Texas 11 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 3 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Washington 2 yes, 3 no

Wisconsin 5 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Every vote, by name — 432 members