The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Confirmation vote
TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF GUY T. HELVERING TO BE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE.
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 28 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 13 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, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 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: 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 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) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alva Blanchard Adams (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Prentiss Costigan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
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 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 1 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Patton Harrison (Democrat) — YEA
- Hubert Durrett Stephens (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Edward Erickson (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah William Bailey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Rice Reynolds (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Herbert Brown (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hamilton Fish Kean (Republican) — NAY
- William Warren Barbour (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Johns Bulkley (Democrat) — YEA
- Simeon Davison Fess (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Aiken Reed (Republican) — NAY
- James John Davis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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, 1 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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