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House recorded vote (87th Congress) · September 13, 1961
H.R. 8302

Recorded vote

H.R. 8302. FISCAL 1962 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS BILL. CONFERENCE STAGE. SHEPPARD MOTION TO DISAGREE TO SENATE AMENDMENT DENYING FUNDS FOR TRANSFERRING ARMY'S FOOD AND CONTAINER INSTITUTE FROM CHICA…

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 H.R. 8302

July 25, 1961 · H.R. 8302. FISCAL 1962 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION… · 241–170 July 25, 1961 · H.R. 8302. FISCAL 1962 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MI… · 409–0
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 15 yes, 25 no, 3 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 437 members

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