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Senate recorded vote (76th Congress) · March 15, 1940
S. 3046

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 3046 BY PLACING RESTRICTIONS ON THE POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF STATE EMPLOYEES SIMILAR TO THOSE INVOKED AGAINST FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. THE AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IF THE PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDMENT ARE VI…

Amendment
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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. 3046

March 6, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, EXTENSION OF ANTIPERNICIOUS… · 41–44 March 7, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY PROVIDING THE RIGHT OF A… · 48–36 March 7, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY PROHIBITING ANY EMPLOYEE… · 35–42 March 8, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY, IN EFFECT, UNDERMINING T… · 27–49 March 8, 1940 · TO ADJOURN THE SENATE, IN LIEU OF A MOTION TO… · 30–34 March 11, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY LIMITING THE POLITICAL A… · 31–53 March 11, 1940 · TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AGRICU… · 36–47 March 12, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY BRINGING ABOUT COOPERATI… · 34–47 March 12, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY LIMITING THE POLITICAL C… · 36–45 March 14, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046, BY STRIKING FROM THE PROVIS… · 28–50 March 14, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY LIMITING THE POLITICAL CO… · 40–38 March 14, 1940 · TO TABLE A MOTION BY SENATOR BANKHEAD TO RECO… · 41–38 March 14, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY PLACING THE SAME RESTRICT… · 18–59 March 15, 1940 · TO RECOMMIT S. 3046 TO THE COMMITTEE ON PRIVI… · 31–52 March 15, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY PRESCRIBING WITHIN THE AC… · 42–34 March 15, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY REQUIRING THE FEDERAL GOV… · 21–38 March 18, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY PROVIDING THAT AS OF THE … · 24–57 March 18, 1940 · TO AMEND S. 3046 BY INSURING THE RIGHTS OF TH… · 44–41 March 18, 1940 · TO PASS S. 3046. · 58–28 July 10, 1940 · TO PASS S. 3046, A BILL FOR THE EXTENSION OF … · 243–122
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 18 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 10 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 senators voted.

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

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

Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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