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Senate recorded vote (75th Congress) · December 7, 1937
S. 2787

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2787, A BILL RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN INTERSTATE TRADE, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS TO THE BILL: "NEW ADJUSTMENT CONTRACTS SHALL BE PREPARED COVERING FARMING OPERATIONS WITH R…

AmendmentAgriculture
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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. 2787

December 8, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY PROVIDING THAT WHENEVER … · 37–38 December 9, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PRO… · 34–36 December 10, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY EXEMPTING THE LITTLE FAR… · 28–50 December 14, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY PROVIDING THAT "IN MAKIN… · 35–43 December 14, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY EXEMPTING DAIRY CATTLE F… · 30–46 December 14, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY SETTING A MAXIMUM OF $50… · 23–49 December 15, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ELIMINATING THE SECTION … · 48–38 December 15, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ELIMINATING THE FOLLOWIN… · 47–19 December 16, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ESTABLISHING A DOMESTIC … · 26–56 December 16, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PRO… · 41–38 December 16, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787. SENATOR MCNARY'S AMENDMENT… · 49–34 December 16, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PRO… · 19–48 December 16, 1937 · TO AMEND S. 2787, BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PRO… · 26–39 December 17, 1937 · TO RECONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO S. 2787. THE A… · 39–50 December 17, 1937 · TO SUBSTITUTE FOR S. 2787, A PLAN PROVIDING T… · 40–46 December 17, 1937 · TO RECOMMIT S. 2787 TO COMM. ON AGRICULTURE A… · 29–57 December 17, 1937 · TO PASS S. 2787. · 59–29
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas 1 yes, 1 no

Maine 1 yes, 0 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

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

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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