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Senate recorded vote (76th Congress) · July 29, 1939
S. 2864

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2864 BY PROVIDING "THAT LOANS UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE SO ADMINITSTERED AS NOT TO PROMOTE ANY ANY UNDERTAKING IN A FIELD NOW ADEQUATELY SUPPLIED BY EXISTING COMPETITIVE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE OR …

Amendment
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michigan 1 yes, 0 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

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

New Hampshire 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 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

Wisconsin 0 yes, 1 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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