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House recorded vote (79th Congress) · July 29, 1946

Recorded vote

TO ADJOURN.

Procedural
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 map

How each state's members voted

In 2 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 19 every one voted no; 24 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members 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, 2 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  5. Washington: 1 yes, 5 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 5 yes, 18 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  11. Wisconsin: 2 yes, 4 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 5 yes, 9 no, 31 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  15. Massachusetts: 3 yes, 5 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 1 no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  21. Indiana: 0 yes, 6 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  22. Ohio: 5 yes, 13 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 7 yes, 14 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 4 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  26. California: 2 yes, 10 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 4 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 2 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 5 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  33. Virginia: 4 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 1 no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 9 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 4 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
  42. South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 2 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 8 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 4 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 1 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 7 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 5 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.

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

Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

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

Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Nebraska 1 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no

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

New York 5 yes, 9 no, 31 did not vote yes or no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

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

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 433 members

Select any member to pull their file.