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Senate recorded vote (83rd Congress) · August 14, 1954
H.R. 10051

Recorded vote

HR 10051. APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUTUAL SECURITY. MAYBANK AMEND. TO REDUCE FUNDS FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE BY $200 MILLION.

Bill actionDefense & war
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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. 10051

July 28, 1954 · HR 10051. APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUTUAL SECURITY. · 266–128 August 19, 1954 · HR 10051. APPROPRIATIONS FOR MUTUAL SECURITY… · 188–77 August 19, 1954 · HR 10051. ON ORDERING PREVIOUS QUESTION ON M… · 187–76
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

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

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 96 members

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