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Senate recorded vote (81st Congress) · August 29, 1949
H.R. 4146

Recorded vote

HR 4146. WHERRY APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, SUSTAINING RIGHT TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER AGAINST AMEND. WHERE UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT HAD BEEN ENTERED INTO VOTE UPON THE BILL AND ALL AMENDMENTS.

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.

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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. 4146

August 26, 1949 · HR 4146. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL SEC… · 49–9 August 26, 1949 · HR 4146. THOMAS (OKA) MOTION TO SUSPEND PARA… · 23–33 August 29, 1949 · HR 4146. MC CLELLAN MOTION TO SUSPEND PARAGR… · 49–28 August 29, 1949 · HR 4146. WILEY AMEND. TO COMMITTEE AMEND. PE… · 31–45 August 29, 1949 · HR 4146. DOUGLAS MOTION TO RECOMMIT W/INSTRU… · 25–49 October 10, 1949 · HR 4146. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL SEC… · 306–1 October 10, 1949 · HR 4146. ON MOTION TO INSIST ON ITS DISAGREE… · 306–0
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kansas 0 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

New York 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Wisconsin 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 — 109 members

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