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House recorded vote (87th Congress) · August 2, 1961
S. 2311

Recorded vote

S. 2311. AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR AIRCRAFT, MISSILES AND SHIPS TO MEET POSSIBLE CRISIS IN BERLIN OR ELSEWHERE. PASSED. YEA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S POSITION.

Bill actionDefense & war
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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.

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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 S. 2311

July 28, 1961 · S. 2311. AUTHORIZE FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL AIRC… · 81–0
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 38 yes, 0 no, 5 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 437 members

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