The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ELECT A PRESIDENT PRO-TEM OF THE SENATE. (P. 921-2)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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)
How each state's senators voted
In 39 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Thomas (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — PRESENT
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- Otis Ferguson Glenn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Capper (Republican) — PRESENT
- George McGill (Democrat) — YEA
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alben William Barkley (Democrat) — YEA
- Marvel Mills Logan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Sidney Broussard (Democrat) — YEA
- Huey Pierce Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) — YEA
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) — PRESENT
- Thomas David Schall (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Bartow Hawes (Democrat) — YEA
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Patton Harrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hubert Durrett Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cameron A. Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah William Bailey (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Gerald Prentice Nye (Republican) — PRESENT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier (Republican) — PRESENT
Nebraska 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George William Norris (Republican) — PRESENT
- Robert Beecher Howell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Royal Samuel Copeland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John William Elmer Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat) — YEA
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Linza McNary (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Steiwer (Republican) — YEA
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James John Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Felix Hébert (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- James Francis Byrnes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Reed Smoot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry King (Democrat) — YEA
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — YEA
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John James Blaine (Republican) — PRESENT
- Robert Marion la Follette Jr. (Republican) — PRESENT
West Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Drury Hatfield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Mansfield Neely (Democrat) — YEA
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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