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Senate recorded vote (81st Congress) · January 18, 1949
HJRE85

Recorded vote

H J RES 85. EXEMPTION FROM ADMISSIONS TAX AMOUNTS PAID FOR ADMISSION TICKETS SOLD BY AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE PRES.-ELECT IN JAN. 1949. ON BALDWIN AMEND. E…

Bill actionTaxes & tariffs
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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

No separate text document applies to this vote.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on HJRE85

January 18, 1949 · H J RES 85. MC CARTHY AMEND. TO EXEMPT BABY … · 28–63 January 18, 1949 · H J RES 85. ON PASSAGE. · 45–47 January 18, 1949 · H J RES 85. ON MORSE MOTION TO TABLE BREWSTE… · 42–49 January 18, 1949 · H J RES 85. ON BREWSTER MOTION TO RECONSIDER. · 44–47
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 109 members

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