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Senate recorded vote (88th Congress) · August 5, 1964

Recorded vote

MANSFIELD MOTION THAT PIERRE SALINGER BE SWORN IN AS A SENATOR FROM CALIF. & HIS CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT BE REFERRED TO THE RULES COMM. FOR CONSIDERATION OF QUESTIONS RAISED CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT.

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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 map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

California 1 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no

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

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 100 members

Select any member to pull their file.