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House recorded vote (87th Congress) · January 31, 1961
HRE127

Recorded vote

H. RES. 127. ENLARGE RULES COMMITTEE TO 15, INCREASING DEMOCRATS BY TWO AND REPUBLICANS BY ONE. ADOPTED. YEA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S POSITION.

Bill action
01
The question

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02
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 measure itself

What was on the floor

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The map

How each state's members voted

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

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

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Arizona 0 yes, 1 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 25 yes, 18 no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 435 members

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