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Senate recorded vote (87th Congress) · April 18, 1961
H.R. 3935

Recorded vote

HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF 1961. RUSSELL AMENDMENT TO EXCLUDE OVERTIME AND COVERAGE CHANGES, AND LIMIT BILL TO $1.15 MINIMUM-WAGE RAISE FOR FIRST TWO YEARS AND $1.25 THEREAFTER. REJECTED. NAY …

Bill actionLabor & wages
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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 H.R. 3935

March 24, 1961 · H.R. 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS O… · 216–203 March 24, 1961 · H.R. 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS O… · 196–224 March 24, 1961 · H.R. 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS O… · 341–78 April 18, 1961 · HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 34–63 April 18, 1961 · HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 35–62 April 18, 1961 · HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 39–58 April 19, 1961 · HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 39–55 April 19, 1961 · HR 3936. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 39–56 April 19, 1961 · HR 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS OF … · 45–52 April 20, 1961 · HR 3935. 1961 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENT… · 65–28 May 3, 1961 · H.R. 3935. FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENTS O… · 230–196 May 3, 1961 · HR 3935. 1961 FAIR LABOR STANDARDS AMENDMENT… · 64–28
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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