The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
S J RES 20. KNOWLAND MOTION TO TABLE MC FARLAND MOTION TO PROCEED TO THE CONSIDERATION.
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
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Every roll call on SJRE20
How each state's senators voted
In 20 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 7 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Brien McMahon (Democrat) — NAY
- William Benton (Democrat) — PRESENT
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak (Republican) — YEA
- Herman Welker (Republican) — PRESENT
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 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 Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clinton Presba Anderson (Democrat) — YEA
- Dennis Chavez (Democrat) — PRESENT
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Orlando Pastore (Democrat) — NAY
- Theodore Francis Green (Democrat) — PRESENT
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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