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Senate recorded vote (74th Congress) · July 20, 1935
H.R. 8492

Recorded vote

TO RECONSIDER A VOTE TAKEN ON H.R. 8492 BY WHICH THE SENATE REJECTED THE ATTEMPT TO FIX A TAX ON RAYON ADEQUATE TO PROTECT THE COTTON FARMER AND THE COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

Bill actionTaxes & tariffs
01
The question

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

02
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 H.R. 8492

July 12, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, A BILL TO AMEND THE AGRIC… · 48–34 July 12, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, BY ADDING THE WORDS SOYBE… · 29–46 July 16, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, BY AUTHORIZING THE GOVERN… · 40–38 July 17, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, BY REMOVING FLAXSEED FROM… · 49–33 July 17, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, BY REMOVING BARLEY FROM T… · 40–42 July 17, 1935 · TO RECONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492 AUTHO… · 48–43 July 17, 1935 · RECONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492 … · 41–44 July 18, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A… · 34–41 July 19, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492 BY PERMITTING RECOVERIES O… · 61–23 July 19, 1935 · TO RECONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492 WHICH… · 33–52 July 22, 1935 · TO AMEND H.R. 8492, BY RESTRICTING IMPORTS OF… · 60–17 July 22, 1935 · TO TABLE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492. … · 47–30 July 23, 1935 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492. THE AMEN… · 51–24 July 23, 1935 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492. THE AMEN… · 53–23 July 23, 1935 · TO PASS H.R. 8492. · 64–15 August 14, 1935 · TO CONCUR IN A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 8492 … · 174–165
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Kansas 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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