The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
S 3809. AMEND THE MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1949. PASSAGE.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
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- 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).
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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.
How each state's senators voted
In 46 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 0 every one voted no; 0 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Brien McMahon (Democrat) — YEA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Benton (Democrat) — YEA
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Bert Henry Miller (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Glen Hearst Taylor (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak (Republican) — PRESENT
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Homer Earl Capehart (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Ezra Jenner (Republican) — PRESENT
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) — YEA
- Clyde Martin Reed (Republican) — PRESENT
- Frank Carlson (Republican) — PRESENT
- Harry Darby (Republican) — YEA
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alben William Barkley (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Earle C. Clements (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Garrett Lee Withers (Democrat) — YEA
- Virgil Munday Chapman (Democrat) — YEA
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clyde Roark Hoey (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Porter Graham (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Melville Broughton (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Willis Smith (Democrat) — PRESENT
North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Langer (Republican) — PRESENT
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New York 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Herbert Henry Lehman (Democrat) — YEA
- Irving McNeil Ives (Republican) — YEA
- John Foster Dulles (Republican) — PRESENT
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner (Democrat) — PRESENT
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Laurence Leahy (Democrat) — YEA
- James Howard McGrath (Democrat) — PRESENT
- John Orlando Pastore (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Theodore Francis Green (Democrat) — YEA
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 109 members
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