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Senate recorded vote (78th Congress) · June 9, 1943
H.R. 2481

Recorded vote

TO DECIDE A POINT OF ORDER ON H.R. 2481. THE POINT OF ORDER RAISED WAS THAT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT CONTAINED NEW LEGISLATION AND WAS THEREFORE, UNDER THE RULES OF THE SENATE, IN VIOLATION OF PARAGRAPH 2, RULE XV…

Bill action
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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. 2481

April 20, 1943 · TO AMEND H.R. 2481, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE… · 230–90 June 8, 1943 · TO AMEND H.R. 2481, AGRICULTURAL APPROPRIATIO… · 49–20 June 10, 1943 · TO AMEND COMMITTEE AMENDMENT, H.R. 2481, BY A… · 25–53 June 10, 1943 · TO AMEND H.R. 2481, CONCERNING RURAL REHABILI… · 66–12 June 10, 1943 · TO RECESS UNTIL 11 O'CLOCK JUNE 11, 1943, A M… · 14–62 June 11, 1943 · TO AMEND H.R. 2481, BY STRIKING FROM THE BILL… · 41–31 June 11, 1943 · TO SUSPEND THE RULES SO THAT AN AMENDMENT WHI… · 36–37 June 22, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, DEPT OF AGRIC… · 185–175 June 22, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481: TO RECEDE AND… · 166–177 June 23, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R 2481, TO RECEDE AND … · 160–208 June 23, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H. R. 2481, WHICH INCREA… · 168–193 June 28, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, APPROPRIATIO… · 69–2 June 28, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, ON A MOTION T… · 51–10 June 29, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, TO RECEDE AND… · 197–174 June 29, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, TO RECEDE AND… · 177–187 June 30, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, TO RECEDE AND… · 135–223 July 1, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, APPROPRIATIO… · 21–53 July 5, 1943 · CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2481, THAT THE SENA… · 44–23
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 6 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 26 every one voted no; 16 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
  15. Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 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, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 0 yes, 2 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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