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Senate recorded vote (77th Congress) · May 20, 1942
H.R. 6709

Recorded vote

TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND ALLOW SENATOR LA FOLLETTE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT WHICH MAKES LEGISLATION TO H.R. 6709, THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE AMENDMENT MAKES AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISPO…

Bill actionBudget & spending
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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. 6709

May 15, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT AP… · 45–22 May 15, 1942 · TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT TO H.… · 15–47 May 18, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, BY REDUCING BY 20 PER CEN… · 25–44 May 18, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, BY INCREASING THE APPROPR… · 48–16 May 20, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, BY PROVIDING "THAT THE FO… · 25–55 May 20, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, BY PROVIDING "THAT NOT MO… · 62–18 May 20, 1942 · TO AMEND H.R. 6709, BY GRANTING THE DEPT. OF … · 20–46 June 9, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709, DEPT. OF AGRI… · 172–174 June 25, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709, AGRICULTURE A… · 46–13 June 25, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709, TO INSIST ON … · 52–7 June 25, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709, TO INSIST UPO… · 48–9 June 26, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709, DEPT. OF AGRI… · 244–49 June 26, 1942 · TO FURTHER INSIST ON THE HOUSE DISAGREEMENT W… · 177–125 June 26, 1942 · THAT THE HOUSE RECEDE AND CONCUR IN SENATE AM… · 131–159 June 26, 1942 · TO RECEDE FROM DISAGREEMENT TO SENATE AMENDME… · 119–156 July 15, 1942 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 6709 TO RECEDE AND … · 129–205
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

Select any member to pull their file.