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House recorded vote (76th Congress) · January 13, 1939
HJR83

Recorded vote

TO PASS H.J. RES. 83, A RESOLUTION MAKING ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR WORK RELIEF AND DIRECT RELIEF.

PassageBudget & spending
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 HJR83

January 27, 1939 · TO AMEND H.J.RES. 83, AN APPROPRIATION BILL F… · 46–47 February 2, 1939 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.J. RES. 83, A BILL MAK… · 252–140
The map

How each state's members voted

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

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

Arizona 1 yes, 0 no

Colorado 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 37 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 434 members

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