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House recorded vote (75th Congress) · December 10, 1937
H.R. 8505

Recorded vote

TO RECOMMIT H. R. 8505, TO THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE.

Bill actionAgriculture
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.

03
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. 8505

December 10, 1937 · TO AMEND H. R. 8505, (P. A. 430), A BILL PROV… · 174–219 December 10, 1937 · TO AMEND H. R. 8505, BY PROVIDING THAT FARMER… · 202–188 December 10, 1937 · TO PASS H. R. 8505 · 267–130 February 8, 1938 · TO ORDER PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H. RES. 416, TH… · 251–141 February 9, 1938 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. R. 8505. · 264–135
The map

How each state's members voted

In 6 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 10 every one voted no; 32 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

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

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Arizona 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 19 yes, 23 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 431 members

Select any member to pull their file.