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House recorded vote (76th Congress) · July 29, 1939
H.R. 5138

Recorded vote

TO RECOMMIT H.R. 5138, A BILL CONCERNING SUPPRESSION OF CERTAIN SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES TO COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS.

Bill actionCourts & justice
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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 H.R. 5138

June 22, 1940 · TO AGREE TO THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 513… · 382–4
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Colorado 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

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

Maine 0 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 22 yes, 13 no, 9 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 429 members

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