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Senate recorded vote (82nd Congress) · July 11, 1951
H.R. 3790

Recorded vote

HR 3790. HUMPHREY AMEND. TO PROVIDE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSMISSION LINES IN RECLAMATION REGIONS 6 AND 7 OF MINNESOTA.

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 H.R. 3790

May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPT. OF THE… · 248–149 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON HARRIS AMEND. (SOUTHWESTERN POW… · 222–173 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON SHORT AMEND. (PROVISION--NOT TO… · 247–152 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON FORD AMEND. (BONNEVILLE POWER A… · 225–167 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON PICKETT AMEND. (BUREAU OF LAND … · 249–148 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON TABER AMEND. (BUREAU OF RECLAMA… · 237–160 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON KEATING AMEND. (BUREAU OF RECLA… · 226–165 May 2, 1951 · HR 3790. ON JENSEN AMEND. (RELATIVE TO FILLI… · 224–169 July 10, 1951 · HR 3790. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPT. OF THE… · 42–30 July 10, 1951 · HR 3790. COMMITTEE AMEND. IN FORM OF A PROVI… · 39–29 July 11, 1951 · HR 3790. FERGUSON AMEND. REDUCING BY $238,30… · 24–51 July 11, 1951 · HR 3790. FERGUSON AMEND. TO REDUCE FUNDS FOR… · 40–35 July 11, 1951 · HR 3790. HAYDEN SUBSTITUTE RESPECTING FUNDS … · 30–45 July 11, 1951 · HR 3790. DOUGLAS AMEND. RESPECTING FUNDS FOR… · 19–57 July 11, 1951 · HR 3790. FERGUSON AMEND. RESPECTING FUNDS FO… · 26–47 July 13, 1951 · HR 3790. WILLIAMS MOTION TO SUSPEND PARAGRAP… · 12–52 July 13, 1951 · HR 3790. PASSAGE. · 64–4 July 31, 1951 · HR 3790. APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPT. OF THE… · 189–170
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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