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Senate recorded vote (80th Congress) · April 1, 1948
S. 472

Recorded vote

S 472. HAWKES AMEND. PROVIDING FOR THE TEACHING OF THE CONSTITUTION IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS W/IN RESPECTIVE STATES IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE BILL.

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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 S. 472

March 23, 1948 · S 472. FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION. WHERRY MOT… · 53–21 March 31, 1948 · S 472. DONNELL AMEND. ADDING THE PROVISION T… · 5–80 April 1, 1948 · S 472. MC MAHON AMEND. OUTLINING THE METHOD … · 14–66 April 1, 1948 · S 472. PASSAGE. · 58–22
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 5 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 33 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
  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: 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  9. Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  12. Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 2 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
  16. Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
  19. South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  20. Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  24. New Jersey: 1 yes, 1 no
  25. Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
  26. California: 0 yes, 2 no
  27. Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 0 yes, 2 no

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

Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

Maine 0 yes, 0 no, 2 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 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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