The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
S 3019. AMEND THE CAREER COMPENSATION ACT OF 1949 TO EXTEND THE APPLICATION OF THE SPECIAL-INDUCEMENT PAY PROVIDED TO DOCTORS AND DENTISTS. DOUGLAS AMEND. REDUCING FROM $100 TO $5 PER MONTH CERTAIN SPECIAL PAY.
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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How each state's senators voted
In 2 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 36 every one voted no; 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- California: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Joseph Lister Hill (Democrat) — NAY
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Brien McMahon (Democrat) — PRESENT
- William Benton (Democrat) — PRESENT
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Walter Franklin George (Democrat) — PRESENT
Iowa 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Homer Earl Capehart (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Ezra Jenner (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Carlson (Republican) — PRESENT
Kentucky 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Earle C. Clements (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Rust Underwood (Democrat) — PRESENT
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Allen Joseph Ellender (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — NAY
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor (Democrat) — PRESENT
- John Marshall Butler (Republican) — PRESENT
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Edward Murray (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Zales Nelson Ecton (Republican) — PRESENT
North Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clyde Roark Hoey (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Willis Smith (Democrat) — PRESENT
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — NAY
- William Langer (Republican) — PRESENT
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles William Tobey (Republican) — PRESENT
- Henry Styles Bridges (Republican) — PRESENT
New Jersey 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Clinton Presba Anderson (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Dennis Chavez (Democrat) — PRESENT
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Herbert Henry Lehman (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Irving McNeil Ives (Republican) — NAY
Ohio 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Orlando Pastore (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Theodore Francis Green (Democrat) — PRESENT
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Higbee Case (Republican) — PRESENT
- Karl Earl Mundt (Republican) — NAY
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Absalom Willis Robertson (Democrat) — YEA
- Harry Flood Byrd (Democrat) — PRESENT
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Harry Pulliam Cain (Republican) — NAY
- Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat) — PRESENT
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wyoming 0 yes, 2 no
Every vote, by name — 96 members
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