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Senate recorded vote (87th Congress) · July 26, 1961
S. 1643

Recorded vote

S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT. KEFAUVER AMENDMENT DELETING AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVES TO MERGE WITHOUT BEING SUBJECT TO ANTI-TRUST LAWS. AGREED TO.

Bill actionAgriculture
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The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

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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. 1643

July 25, 1961 · S. 1643. 1961 AGRICULTURAL ACT. KEFAUVER AM… · 39–57 July 26, 1961 · S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT. WILLIAMS AMENDME… · 36–59 July 26, 1961 · S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT. KEFAUVER AMENDME… · 40–53 July 26, 1961 · S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT. MILLER AMENDMENT… · 32–42 July 26, 1961 · S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT. LONG AMENDMENT T… · 41–37 August 3, 1961 · S. 1643. AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1961. PROVIDE … · 224–170
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

California 2 yes, 0 no

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

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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