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Senate recorded vote (80th Congress) · July 22, 1947
S. 526

Recorded vote

S 526. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ACT. MORSE MOTION THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE CONFERENCE REPORT BE POSTPONED UNTIL JAN. 8, 1948.

Bill action
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 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 S. 526

May 16, 1947 · S 526. NATIONAL FOUNDATION ACT. KILGORE AME… · 30–49 May 19, 1947 · S 526. MORSE AMEND. TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOR… · 42–40 May 19, 1947 · S 526. KILGORE AMEND. AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR SE… · 28–50 May 20, 1947 · S 526. KILGORE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENTS. · 23–52 May 20, 1947 · S 526. LUCAS MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE ON AB… · 40–39 May 20, 1947 · S 526. MAGNUSON AMEND. SO THAT CONTROL OF AP… · 42–41 May 20, 1947 · S 526. FULBRIGHT AMEND. TO PROVIDE FOR A DIV… · 23–63 May 20, 1947 · S 526. PASSAGE. · 79–8
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

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

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 95 members

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