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Senate recorded vote (82nd Congress) · May 5, 1952
S. 3086

Recorded vote

S 3086. AMEND THE MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1951. KNOWLAND MOTION TO REFER TO ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE W/INSTRUCTIONS.

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 S. 3086

May 27, 1952 · S 3086. AMEND. THE MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 19… · 27–35 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. DOUGLAS AMEND. REDUCING BY $500,000,… · 33–41 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. LONG AMEND. REDUCING BY $400,000,000… · 37–40 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. ELLENDER AMEND. REDUCING BY $580,000… · 34–43 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. BUTLER AMEND. RESPECTING RESTRICTING… · 29–47 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. DWORSHAK AMEND. BARRING USE OF AUTHO… · 52–19 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. LONG AMEND. REDUCING BY $200,000,000… · 37–34 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. KEM AMEND. BARRING ASSISTANCE TO ANY… · 40–32 May 28, 1952 · S 3086. PASSAGE. · 64–10
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

On the record

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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