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House recorded vote (89th Congress) · October 8, 1965
H.R. 9811

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 9811, THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ACT OF 1965.

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 H.R. 9811

August 19, 1965 · TO RECOMMIT H.R. 9811, THE FOOD AND AGRICULTU… · 169–224 August 19, 1965 · TO PASS H.R. 9811, THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE A… · 221–172 September 10, 1965 · TO AMEND THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE TO H.R. 981… · 62–24 September 13, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 9811, 1965 FOOD AND AGRICULTURE… · 45–45 September 13, 1965 · TO TABLE BASS MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE WHICH… · 45–44 September 13, 1965 · TO AMEND H.R. 9811, THE 1965 FOOD AND AGRICUL… · 57–27 September 14, 1965 · TO AGREE TO MODIFIED AMENDMENT (TO COMMITTEE … · 33–56 September 14, 1965 · TO AGREE TO MODIFIED AMENDMENT (TO COMMITTEE … · 42–49 September 14, 1965 · TO AGREE TO MODIFIED AMENDMENT (TO COMMITTEE … · 42–50 September 14, 1965 · TO PASS H.R. 9811, THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE A… · 72–22
The map

How each state's members voted

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

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 18 yes, 23 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 432 members

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