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Senate recorded vote (75th Congress) · June 3, 1938
HJR679

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.J. RES. 679.

Passage
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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HJR679

May 12, 1938 · TO AMEND H. J. RES. 679, (P. RES. 122), THE E… · 260–139 May 12, 1938 · TO RECOMMIT H. J. RES. 679, (P. RES. 122), WI… · 89–308 May 12, 1938 · TO PASS H. J. RES. 6793. · 329–70 June 1, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, A BILL MAKING WORK RE… · 59–18 June 2, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY SETTING UP A BOARD… · 30–47 June 2, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY REDUCING THE APPRO… · 17–56 June 2, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY ADDING A PROVISION… · 37–40 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY PROVIDING APPROPRI… · 29–43 June 3, 1938 · TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 679, PROPO… · 39–30 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY AN AMENDMENT IN TH… · 21–51 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY DESIGNATING $50,00… · 47–21 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWI… · 41–27 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWI… · 24–43 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679. THE AMENDMENT WAS DE… · 33–35 June 3, 1938 · TO RECONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 679 O… · 32–33 June 3, 1938 · TO AMEND H.J. RES. 679, BY LIMITING THE EXPEN… · 15–51 June 14, 1938 · TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. J. RES. 6… · 297–74 June 14, 1938 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. J. RES. 679, (P. RES.… · 231–128
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Kansas 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

Select any member to pull their file.