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Senate recorded vote (85th Congress) · July 29, 1958
H.R. 8308

Recorded vote

HR. 8308. HUMANE SLAUGHTER. AMENDMENT STIPULATING THAT HUMANE SLAUGHTER RULES SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH RELIGIOUS METHODS OF SLAUGHTERING. ACCEPTED.

Bill action
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

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. 8308

July 29, 1958 · HR. 8308. HUMANE SLAUGHTER. COMMITTEE VERSI… · 40–43 July 29, 1958 · HR. 8308. HUMANE SLAUGHTER. MOTION TO RECOM… · 29–53 July 29, 1958 · HR. 8308. HUMANE SLAUGHTER. HOUSE VERSION O… · 72–9
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

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

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 97 members

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