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Senate recorded vote (77th Congress) · September 17, 1942
SRE283

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. RES. 283, RELATING TO THE SEATING OF MR. LANGER OF NORTH DAKOTA, BY REDUCING THE APPROPRIATION FOR ATTORNEY FEES INCURRED BY SENATOR LANGER IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROCEEDINGS INVOLVED IN DETERMININ…

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The question

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The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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The people

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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisconsin 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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