The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO ELECT A PRESIDENT PRO-TEM. VOTES FOR KEY PITTMAN ARE CODED AS 1; FOR GEORGE MOSES AS 2; FOR A. VANDENBURG AS 8. (P. 1197-2)
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 38 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: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
Alabama 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hugo Lafayette Black (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hollis Bankhead II (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Winfield Waterman (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Prentiss Costigan (Democrat) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frederic Collin Walcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Bingham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Oren Hastings (Republican) — YEA
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Lester Jesse Dickinson (Republican) — YEA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Idaho 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Thomas (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — PRESENT
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Otis Ferguson Glenn (Republican) — YEA
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 2 yes, 0 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor) — PRESENT
- Thomas David Schall (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Bartow Hawes (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson (Republican) — YEA
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Patton Harrison (Democrat) — YEA
- Hubert Durrett Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
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) — PRESENT
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) — NOT VOTING
- Sam Gilbert Bratton (Democrat) — YEA
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 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Johns Bulkley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Simeon Davison Fess (Republican) — YEA
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James John Davis (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
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 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William John Bulow (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cordell Hull (Democrat) — YEA
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Morris Sheppard (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Terry Connally (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Davis Carey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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