The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO REFER S. 575 TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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.
Every roll call on S. 575
How each state's senators voted
In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 28 every one voted no; 9 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Sheridan Downey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edwin Carl Johnson (Democrat) — NAY
- Eugene Donald Millikin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 0 yes, 2 no
Florida 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Oscar Andrews (Democrat) — NAY
- Claude Denson Pepper (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Worth Clark (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Thomas (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Wayland Brooks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Scott Wike Lucas (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frederick van Nuys (Democrat) — NAY
- Raymond Eugene Willis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alben William Barkley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Albert Benjamin Chandler (Democrat) — NAY
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe (Democrat) — YEA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ralph Owen Brewster (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. (Republican) — NAY
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry S. Truman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joel Bennett Clark (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Josiah William Bailey (Democrat) — NAY
- Robert Rice Reynolds (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gerald Prentice Nye (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Langer (Republican) — YEA
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hugh Alfred Butler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry (Republican) — NAY
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Michael Mead (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Democrat) — PRESENT
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Hall Moore (Republican) — NAY
- John William Elmer Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Thomas Terry Connally (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Wilbert Lee O'Daniel (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carter Glass (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Harry Flood Byrd (Democrat) — NAY
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Homer Truett Bone (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Monrad Charles Wallgren (Democrat) — NAY
Wisconsin 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Wiley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Marion la Follette Jr. (Progressive) — YEA
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harley Martin Kilgore (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Chapman Revercomb (Republican) — NAY
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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