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Senate recorded vote (85th Congress) · June 4, 1958
H.R. 12181

Recorded vote

HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AMENDMENT TO PLACE FUNDS FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND DEFENSE SUPPORT UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUDGET. REJECTED.

Bill actionDefense & war
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The question

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

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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. 12181

May 14, 1958 · HR 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. PASS… · 259–134 June 5, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 31–53 June 5, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 33–46 June 5, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 43–42 June 5, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. MOT… · 45–39 June 6, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 35–47 June 6, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 22–54 June 6, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 24–46 June 6, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. AME… · 43–28 June 6, 1958 · HR. 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. PAS… · 51–17 June 27, 1958 · HR 12181. MUTUAL SECURITY ACT OF 1958. MOTI… · 134–238
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Mexico 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

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

Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

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

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

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 97 members

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