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Senate recorded vote (76th Congress) · July 28, 1939
S. 2864

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2864, BY REPEALING ALL PROVISIONS OF EXISTING STATUTES WHICH PERMIT OR COMPEL THE GOVERNMENT TO BY FOREIGN SILVER.

AmendmentBanking & finance
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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. 2864

July 27, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, A PROGRAM FOR FINANCING REC… · 38–40 July 27, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APP… · 27–44 July 27, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIO… · 35–43 July 28, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY AUTHORIZING THE SECRETAR… · 74–7 July 28, 1939 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH AN AMENDMENT … · 42–39 July 28, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY ELIMINATING $500,000,000… · 42–38 July 28, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY PROVIDING THAT THE AREA … · 38–40 July 28, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY ELIMINATING THE PROVISIO… · 43–32 July 28, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864 BY STRIKING FROM THE BILL A … · 45–32 July 29, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864 BY PROVIDING THAT "NO FUNDS … · 24–44 July 29, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864 BY PROVIDING "THAT LOANS UND… · 45–24 July 31, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATI… · 44–35 July 31, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864 BY REQUIRING NO MONEY RECEIV… · 31–48 July 31, 1939 · TO AMEND S. 2864, BY REQUIRING THAT ALL NOTES… · 44–37 July 31, 1939 · TO PASS S. 2864. · 52–28
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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