The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (85th Congress) · January 4, 1957
Recorded vote
MOTION TO TABLE MOTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RULES FOR SENATE. ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MOVE TO EASE RULES ON LIMITATION OF DEBATE, AS PRELUDE TO CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION. AGREED TO.
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The tally
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The people
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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
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The map
How each state's senators voted
In 21 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 14 every one voted no; 13 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
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 1 yes, 1 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 1 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- 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 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 1 no
Maryland 1 yes, 1 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 1 yes, 1 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 1 yes, 1 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Official records
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