The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (73rd Congress) · April 19, 1934
H.R. 8861
Recorded vote
TO PASS H.R. 8861.
Passage
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.
Same measure, other votes
Every roll call on H.R. 8861
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 27 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 6 every one voted no; 14 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, 2 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 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 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 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — YEA
- William Gibbs McAdoo (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Augustine Lonergan (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederic Collin Walcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat) — YEA
- Park Trammell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat) — YEA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough (Republican) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — YEA
- John Edward Erickson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gerald Prentice Nye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lynn Joseph Frazier (Republican) — YEA
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Key Pittman (Democrat) — YEA
- Patrick Anthony McCarran (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James John Davis (Republican) — NAY
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Francis Byrnes (Democrat) — YEA
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Peter Norbeck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William John Bulow (Democrat) — YEA
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ernest Willard Gibson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Warren Robinson Austin (Republican) — YEA
Washington 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Homer Truett Bone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Ryan Duffy (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Marion la Follette Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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