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House recorded vote (81st Congress) · February 22, 1950
H.R. 4453

Recorded vote

HR 4453. PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR NAT IONAL ORGIN. ON QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION.

Bill actionCivil rights
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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.

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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. 4453

February 22, 1950 · HR 4453. ON QUESTION OF CONSIDERATION. · 271–133 February 22, 1950 · HR 4453. ON THE MCCONNELL AMEND. · 222–178 February 23, 1950 · HR 4453. ON MOTION TO RECOMMIT. · 177–239 February 23, 1950 · HR 4453. ON PASSAGE. · 240–177
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

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

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 42 yes, 3 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

Select any member to pull their file.