The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H.R. 8397, BY PROVIDING "THAT NO PART OF THIS APPROPRIATION SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURCHASE OF OLEOMARGARINE OR BUTTER SUBSTITUTES, EXCEPT FOR COOKING PURPOSES." (P. 5988-2)
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)
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.
Every roll call on H.R. 8397
How each state's senators voted
In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 every one voted no; 5 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: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 1 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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hugo Lafayette Black (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hollis Bankhead II (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederic Collin Walcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Bingham (Republican) — NAY
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Oren Hastings (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — NAY
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Walter Franklin George (Democrat) — NAY
- William Julius Harris (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Thomas (Republican) — YEA
- William Edgar Borah (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Hamilton Lewis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Otis Ferguson Glenn (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alben William Barkley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Marvel Mills Logan (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 1 yes, 1 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Marcus Allen Coolidge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick Hale (Republican) — NAY
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas James Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Cameron A. Morrison (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Josiah William Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George William Norris (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Beecher Howell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Higgins Moses (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 1 yes, 1 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Bronson Murray Cutting (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Sam Gilbert Bratton (Democrat) — NAY
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
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 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Johns Bulkley (Democrat) — NAY
- Simeon Davison Fess (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John William Elmer Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat) — NAY
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 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Cordell Hull (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NAY
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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