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House recorded vote (84th Congress) · August 1, 1955

S. 2576

Recorded vote

S 2576. AUTHORIZE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY AND D. C. COMMISSIONERS. SUSPENSION OF RULES. TWOTHIRDS MAJORITY REQUIRED.

Bill action

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

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.

The map

How each state's members voted

In 12 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 4 every one voted no; 31 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: no member on this roll call
Maine: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
Washington: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
North Dakota: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Minnesota: 8 yes, 1 no
Illinois: 15 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin: 3 yes, 7 no
Michigan: 9 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
New York: 15 yes, 15 no, 13 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts: 8 yes, 6 no
Oregon: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no
Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa: 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Indiana: 3 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Ohio: 9 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 19 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
New Jersey: 7 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Connecticut: 1 yes, 5 no
California: 17 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
Colorado: 4 yes, 0 no
Nebraska: 1 yes, 3 no
Missouri: 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Kentucky: 2 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia: 3 yes, 3 no
Virginia: 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Maryland: 5 yes, 2 no
Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Arkansas: 6 yes, 0 no
Tennessee: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
North Carolina: 6 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
South Carolina: 5 yes, 1 no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
Louisiana: 4 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Mississippi: 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
Alabama: 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Georgia: 4 yes, 6 no
Hawaii: no member on this roll call
Texas: 12 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
Florida: 2 yes, 6 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 436 members

Select any member to pull their file.

Recorded vote

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

What was on the floor

How each state's members voted

Alabama 7 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 6 yes, 0 no

Arizona 2 yes, 0 no

California 17 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Colorado 4 yes, 0 no

Connecticut 1 yes, 5 no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Florida 2 yes, 6 no

Georgia 4 yes, 6 no

Iowa 3 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Idaho 1 yes, 1 no

Illinois 15 yes, 4 no, 6 did not vote yes or no

Indiana 3 yes, 7 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Kansas 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Kentucky 2 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 4 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 8 yes, 6 no

Maryland 5 yes, 2 no

Maine 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Michigan 9 yes, 6 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 8 yes, 1 no

Missouri 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 2 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

Montana 1 yes, 1 no

North Carolina 6 yes, 2 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

North Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Nebraska 1 yes, 3 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

New Jersey 7 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 15 yes, 15 no, 13 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 9 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 6 yes, 19 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

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

South Carolina 5 yes, 1 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Tennessee 7 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Texas 12 yes, 6 no, 4 did not vote yes or no

Utah 0 yes, 2 no

Virginia 7 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Washington 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Wisconsin 3 yes, 7 no

West Virginia 3 yes, 3 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Every vote, by name — 436 members