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- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's members voted
In 15 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 3 every one voted no; 31 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
- Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 1 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 5 yes, 3 no
- Illinois: 17 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 8 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 12 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 28 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 8 yes, 3 no
- Oregon: 4 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 13 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 19 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 12 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 25 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 3 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 5 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 7 yes, 1 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 3 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 4 yes, 5 no
- North Carolina: 1 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 6 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 5 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 5 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
- Texas: 13 yes, 5 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 8 yes, 4 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
Alabama 1 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Armistead Inge Selden Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Arthur Glenn Andrews (Republican) — NAY
- George William Andrews (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Douglas Martin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hall Buchanan Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Jackson Edwards (Republican) — NAY
- William Louis Dickinson (Republican) — NAY
Arkansas 2 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings (Democrat) — NAY
- James William Trimble (Democrat) — YEA
- Oren Harris (Democrat) — YEA
- Wilbur Daigh Mills (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 2 yes, 1 no
California 25 yes, 9 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alphonzo Bell (Republican) — YEA
- Augustus Freeman Hawkins (Democrat) — YEA
- Bernice Frederic Sisk (Democrat) — YEA
- Burt Lacklen Talcott (Republican) — NAY
- Cecil Rhodes King (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Herbert Wilson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles McKevett Teague (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Samuel Gubser (Republican) — NAY
- Chester Earl Holifield (Democrat) — YEA
- Craig Hosmer (Republican) — YEA
- Delwin Morgan Clawson (Republican) — NAY
- Donald Holst Clausen (Republican) — NAY
- Edward R. Roybal (Democrat) — YEA
- Edwin Reinecke (Republican) — NAY
- George Edward Brown Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- George Paul Miller (Democrat) — YEA
- Glenard Paul Lipscomb (Republican) — NAY
- H. Allen Smith (Republican) — YEA
- Harlan Francis Hagen (Democrat) — YEA
- Harold Terry Johnson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Boyd Utt (Republican) — NAY
- James Charles Corman (Democrat) — YEA
- James Roosevelt (Democrat) — YEA
- Jeffery Cohelan (Democrat) — YEA
- Jesse Arthur Younger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Emerson Moss (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Finley Baldwin Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- John Joseph McFall (Democrat) — YEA
- John Varick Tunney (Democrat) — YEA
- Kenneth Warren Dyal (Democrat) — YEA
- Lionel van Deerlin (Democrat) — YEA
- Phillip Burton (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Thomas Hanna (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Carlton Wilson (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Louis Leggett (Democrat) — YEA
- Ronald Brooks Cameron (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Donlon Edwards (Democrat) — YEA
- William Somers Mailliard (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 3 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Byron Giles Rogers (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Edward Evans (Democrat) — YEA
- Roy Harrison McVicker (Democrat) — YEA
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Connecticut 5 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Florida 8 yes, 4 no
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Edward Bennett (Democrat) — YEA
- Claude Denson Pepper (Democrat) — YEA
- Dante Bruno Fascell (Democrat) — YEA
- Don Fuqua (Democrat) — NAY
- Donald Ray Matthews (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward John Gurney (Republican) — NAY
- James Andrew Haley (Democrat) — NAY
- Paul Grant Rogers (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes (Democrat) — YEA
- Sam Melville Gibbons (Democrat) — YEA
- William Cato Cramer (Republican) — NAY
Georgia 5 yes, 4 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Longstreet Weltner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Elliott Hagan (Democrat) — NAY
- Howard Hollis Callaway (Republican) — NAY
- James Armstrong Mackay (Democrat) — YEA
- James Russell Tuten (Democrat) — YEA
- John James Flynt Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Maston Emmett O'Neal Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Phillip Mitchell Landrum (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Grier Stephens Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 5 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Idaho 1 yes, 1 no
Illinois 17 yes, 6 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barratt O'Hara (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Melvin Price (Democrat) — YEA
- Charlotte Thompson Reid (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel David Rostenkowski (Democrat) — YEA
- Daniel John Ronan (Democrat) — YEA
- Darwin Gale Schisler (Democrat) — YEA
- Donald Henry Rumsfeld (Republican) — YEA
- Edward Joseph Derwinski (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Annunzio (Democrat) — YEA
- George Edward Shipley (Democrat) — YEA
- Harold Reginald Collier (Republican) — YEA
- John Bayard Anderson (Republican) — NAY
- John Carl Kluczynski (Democrat) — YEA
- John Neal Erlenborn (Republican) — YEA
- Kenneth James Gray (Democrat) — YEA
- Leslie Cornelius Arends (Republican) — NAY
- Paul Findley (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Henry Michel (Republican) — NAY
- Robert McClory (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Roman Conrad Pucinski (Democrat) — YEA
- Sidney Richard Yates (Democrat) — YEA
- William Lee Springer (Republican) — NAY
- William Levi Dawson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Thomas Murphy (Democrat) — YEA
Indiana 7 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Jacobs Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Abraham Halleck (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Ross Adair (Republican) — YEA
- John Brademas (Democrat) — YEA
- John Edward Roush (Democrat) — YEA
- Lee Herbert Hamilton (Democrat) — YEA
- Ralph Harvey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ray John Madden (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Lowell Roudebush (Republican) — NAY
- William Gilmer Bray (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 3 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 4 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Louisiana 3 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Massachusetts 8 yes, 3 no
- Edward Patrick Boland (Democrat) — YEA
- Frank Bradford Morse (Republican) — YEA
- Harold Daniel Donohue (Democrat) — YEA
- Hastings Keith (Republican) — NAY
- James Anthony Burke (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Philip Joseph Philbin (Democrat) — YEA
- Silvio Ottavio Conte (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Philip O'Neill Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Torbert Hart Macdonald (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Bates (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 7 yes, 1 no
- Carlton Ralph Sickles (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- Clarence Dickinson Long (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Alexander Garmatz (Democrat) — YEA
- George Hyde Fallon (Democrat) — YEA
- Hervey Gilbert Machen (Democrat) — YEA
- Rogers Clark Ballard Morton (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Nathaniel Friedel (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 12 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Billie Sunday Farnum (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Coles Diggs Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Ernest Chamberlain (Republican) — YEA
- Elford Albin Cederberg (Republican) — YEA
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- J. Edward Hutchinson (Republican) — NAY
- James Grant O'Hara (Democrat) — YEA
- James Harvey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John C. Mackie (Democrat) — YEA
- John Conyers, Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John D. Dingell (Democrat) — YEA
- Lucien Norbert Nedzi (Democrat) — YEA
- Martha Wright Griffiths (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Harold Todd Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Raymond Francis Clevenger (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Paul Griffin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Weston Edward Vivian (Democrat) — YEA
- William David Ford (Democrat) — YEA
- William S. Broomfield (Republican) — YEA
Minnesota 5 yes, 3 no
Missouri 6 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Durward Gorham Hall (Republican) — NAY
- Frank Melvin Karsten (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Caruthers Jones (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Howard Ichord II (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Walker Bolling (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Bradford Curtis (Republican) — NAY
- William Joseph Randall (Democrat) — YEA
- William Leonard Hungate (Democrat) — YEA
- William Raleigh Hull Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Mississippi 0 yes, 5 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 1 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alton Asa Lennon (Democrat) — NAY
- Basil Lee Whitener (Democrat) — NAY
- Charles Raper Jonas (Republican) — NAY
- David Newton Henderson (Democrat) — NAY
- Harold Dunbar Cooley (Democrat) — YEA
- Herbert Covington Bonner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Horace Robinson Kornegay (Democrat) — NAY
- James Thomas Broyhill (Republican) — NAY
- Lawrence H. Fountain (Democrat) — NAY
- Ralph James Scott (Democrat) — NAY
- Roy Arthur Taylor (Democrat) — NAY
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 3 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 12 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Samuel Joelson (Democrat) — YEA
- Cornelius Edward Gallagher (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Dominick Vincent Daniels (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward James Patten (Democrat) — YEA
- Florence Price Dwyer (Republican) — YEA
- Frank Thompson Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Helstoski (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James John Howard (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph George Minish (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Joseph Krebs (Democrat) — YEA
- Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Charles McGrath Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- William Beck Widnall (Republican) — YEA
- William Thomas Cahill (Republican) — YEA
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New York 28 yes, 7 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Jacob Multer (Democrat) — YEA
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Alexander Pirnie (Republican) — YEA
- Barber Benjamin Conable Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (Democrat) — YEA
- Carleton James King (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Ellsworth Goodell (Republican) — NAY
- Edna Flannery Kelly (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Emanuel Celler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Eugene James Keogh (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Jefferson Horton (Republican) — YEA
- Henry P. Smith III (Republican) — NAY
- Herbert Tenzer (Democrat) — YEA
- Howard Winfield Robison (Republican) — YEA
- Hugh Leo Carey (Democrat) — YEA
- Jacob H. Gilbert (Democrat) — YEA
- James Haas Scheuer (Democrat) — YEA
- James Joseph Delaney (Democrat) — YEA
- James Michael Hanley (Democrat) — YEA
- James Russell Grover Jr. (Republican) — NAY
- John Goodchild Dow (Democrat) — YEA
- John James Rooney (Democrat) — YEA
- John Michael Murphy (Democrat) — YEA
- John Vliet Lindsay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Waldemar Wydler (Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Patrick Addabbo (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Yale Resnick (Democrat) — YEA
- Leo William O'Brien (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonard Farbstein (Democrat) — YEA
- Lester Lionel Wolff (Democrat) — YEA
- Ogden Rogers Reid (Republican) — YEA
- Otis Grey Pike (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Albert Fino (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Dean McCarthy (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Lawrence Ottinger (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Cameron McEwen (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Studdiford Stratton (Democrat) — YEA
- Seymour Halpern (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thaddeus Joseph Dulski (Democrat) — YEA
- William Fitts Ryan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 13 yes, 7 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Adams Mosher (Republican) — YEA
- Charles Albert Vanik (Democrat) — YEA
- Delbert Leroy Latta (Republican) — NAY
- Donald Daniel Clancy (Republican) — YEA
- Frances Payne Bolton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Townsend Bow (Republican) — NAY
- Jackson Edward Betts (Republican) — NAY
- John Joyce Gilligan (Democrat) — YEA
- John Milan Ashbrook (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John William Stanton (Republican) — NAY
- Michael Aloysius Feighan (Democrat) — YEA
- Michael Joseph Kirwan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert E. Sweeney (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Thompson Secrest (Democrat) — YEA
- Rodney Marvin Love (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Leeper Devine (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas William Ludlow Ashley (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Henry Moeller (Democrat) — YEA
- Wayne Levere Hays (Democrat) — YEA
- William Edwin Minshall Jr. (Republican) — YEA
- William Hanes Ayres (Republican) — NAY
- William Howard Harsha (Republican) — YEA
- William Moore McCulloch (Republican) — NAY
Oklahoma 3 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Bert Albert (Democrat) — YEA
- Edmond Augustus Edmondson (Democrat) — YEA
- Jed Joseph Johnson Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Jarman (Democrat) — YEA
- Page Henry Belcher (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Steed (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 4 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 19 yes, 6 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Walter Johnson (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel John Flood (Democrat) — YEA
- Elmer Joseph Holland (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Monroe Clark (Democrat) — YEA
- Frederick Bernard Rooney (Democrat) — YEA
- George Milton Rhodes (Democrat) — YEA
- George Robert Watkins (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Theodore Schneebeli (Republican) — NAY
- Herman Toll (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Aloysius Byrne (Democrat) — YEA
- James Grove Fulton (Republican) — YEA
- John Crain Kunkel (Republican) — YEA
- John Herman Dent (Democrat) — YEA
- John Irving Whalley (Republican) — NAY
- John Phillips Saylor (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Michael McDade (Republican) — YEA
- Joseph Phillip Vigorito (Democrat) — YEA
- Nathaniel Neiman Craley Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Bartram Dague (Republican) — NAY
- Richard Schultz Schweiker (Republican) — YEA
- Robert James Corbett (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan (Democrat) — YEA
- Willard Sevier Curtin (Republican) — NAY
- William Aloysius Barrett (Democrat) — YEA
- William Joseph Green (Democrat) — YEA
- William Singer Moorhead (Democrat) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 6 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 4 yes, 5 no
- George William Grider (Democrat) — YEA
- James Henry Quillen (Republican) — NAY
- John James Duncan (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Landon Evins (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Harmon Fulton (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Ashton Everett (Democrat) — NAY
- Thomas Jefferson Murray (Democrat) — NAY
- William Emerson Brock III (Republican) — NAY
- William Robert Anderson (Democrat) — YEA
Texas 13 yes, 5 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Thomas (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Clark Wallace Thompson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Earle Cabell (Democrat) — YEA
- Eligio de la Garza II (Democrat) — YEA
- George Herman Mahon (Democrat) — YEA
- Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry B. González (Democrat) — YEA
- Herbert Ray Roberts (Democrat) — YEA
- Jack Bascom Brooks (Democrat) — YEA
- James Claude Wright Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Jarrell Pickle (Democrat) — YEA
- Joe Richard Pool (Democrat) — NAY
- John Andrew Young (Democrat) — YEA
- John Vernard Dowdy (Democrat) — NAY
- John William Wright Patman (Democrat) — YEA
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Olin Earl Teague (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Omar Truman Burleson (Democrat) — YEA
- Ovie Clark Fisher (Democrat) — NAY
- Richard Crawford White (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Randolph Casey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Walter Edward Rogers (Democrat) — NAY
- William Robert Poage (Democrat) — NAY
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Edward Satterfield III (Democrat) — NAY
- Howard Worth Smith (Democrat) — NAY
- Joel Thomas Broyhill (Republican) — NAY
- John Otho Marsh Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Porter Hardy Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Richard Harding Poff (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Nelms Downing (Democrat) — NAY
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt (Democrat) — NAY
- William Munford Tuck (Democrat) — NAY
- William Pat Jennings (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no
Washington 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Wisconsin 8 yes, 2 no
- Alvin Edward O'Konski (Republican) — YEA
- Clement John Zablocki (Democrat) — YEA
- Glenn Robert Davis (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Schoellkopf Reuss (Democrat) — YEA
- John Abner Race (Democrat) — YEA
- John William Byrnes (Republican) — YEA
- Lynn Ellsworth Stalbaum (Democrat) — YEA
- Melvin Robert Laird (Republican) — YEA
- Robert William Kastenmeier (Democrat) — YEA
- Vernon Wallace Thomson (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 5 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no
- Teno Roncalio (Democrat) — YEA
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