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Senate recorded vote (87th Congress) · September 18, 1962
H.R. 11970

Recorded vote

HR 11970. CURTIS AMEND. ESTABLISHING LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE TRADE AGREEMENTS.

Bill actionTrade
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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. 11970

June 28, 1962 · H.R. 11970. TRADE EXPANSION ACT OF 1962. MA… · 171–253 June 28, 1962 · H.R. 11970. TRADE EXPANSION ACT. PASSAGE. · 298–125 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. TRADE EXPANSION ACT. BUSH AMEND. … · 38–40 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. MANSFIELD MOTION TO TABLE DIRKSEN … · 40–39 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. CURTIS AMEND. ELIMINATING THE TRAD… · 23–58 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. BYRD AMEND. LOWERING THE LEVEL OF … · 31–51 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. BUSH AMEND. REMOVING THE PRESIDENT… · 25–55 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. BUSH AMEND. DIRECTING TARIFF COMMI… · 34–45 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. CURTIS AMEND. PROVIDING THAT EVERY… · 20–63 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. DIRKSEN AMEND. REDUCING THE PRESID… · 28–56 September 18, 1962 · HR 11970. PROUTY AMEND. REQUIRING THAT THE P… · 21–54 September 19, 1962 · HR 11970. PASSAGE. · 78–8 October 4, 1962 · H.R. 11970. TRADE EXPANSION ACT OF 1962. AD… · 256–91
The map

How each state's senators voted

In 3 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 35 every one voted no; 12 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: 1 yes, 1 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: 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: 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
  19. South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
  22. Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
  23. Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
  24. New Jersey: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  25. Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
  31. Kentucky: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  35. Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
  36. Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
  37. New Mexico: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  38. Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
  39. Arkansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  40. Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

California 1 yes, 1 no

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

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

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

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

Nevada 0 yes, 1 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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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