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Senate recorded vote (74th Congress) · August 8, 1935
S. 3055

Recorded vote

TO REFER S. 3055, A BILL TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SUPPLIES AND GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, TO THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AFTER IT HAD BEEN AMENDED AND ACCEPTED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR.

Bill actionEducation
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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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 S. 3055

August 12, 1935 · TO AMEND S. 3055, BY SUBSTITUTING THE SO-CALL… · 23–61 August 12, 1935 · TO AMEND S. 3055 BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING NEW … · 51–33
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 10 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 20 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
  1. Alaska: no member on this roll call
  2. Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
  8. North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
  45. Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 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

Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Illinois 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no

Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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