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Senate recorded vote (83rd Congress) · April 27, 1953
SJRE13

Recorded vote

S.J. RES. 13. TAFT MOTION TO TABLE ANDERSON AMEND. IN NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE FOR COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE AMEND.

Procedural
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.

03
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 SJRE13

April 23, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. JOINT RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM AN… · 21–61 April 28, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. DOUGLAS AMEND. PROPOSING A TIT… · 26–58 April 30, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. MONRONEY AMEND. LIMITING QUITC… · 22–59 April 30, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. DOUGLAS AMEND. MODIFYING DEFIN… · 26–50 May 5, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. LEHMAN AMEND. DEVOTING ALL REV… · 30–60 May 5, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. KEFAUVER AMEND. CREATING A COM… · 32–59 May 5, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. NEELY AMEND. PROVIDING THAT RE… · 27–64 May 5, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. LANGER AMEND. PROVIDING THAT 8… · 34–56 May 5, 1953 · S.J. RES. 13. COMMITTEE AMEND. IN THE NATURE… · 56–35
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 21 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 16 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: 1 yes, 1 no
  4. New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
  5. Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
  6. Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
  7. Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
  8. North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 1 no
  10. Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
  13. New York: 1 yes, 1 no
  14. Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
  15. Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
  17. Nevada: 1 yes, 1 no
  18. Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 2 yes, 0 no
  27. Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
  28. Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
  29. Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
  38. Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
  41. North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
  42. South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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: 2 yes, 0 no
  46. Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
  49. Hawaii: no member on this roll call
  50. Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
  51. Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

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

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 96 members

Select any member to pull their file.