The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE AN AMENDMENT TO S. 355, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A LEGISLATIVE ATTOURNEY-GENERAL FOR CONGRESS.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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)
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.
Every roll call on S. 355
How each state's senators voted
In 38 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 7 every one voted no; 5 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
- Alaska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- 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.
Alaska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Lewis Bartlett (Democrat) — NAY
- Ernest Henry Gruening (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Alabama 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Jackson Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Lister Hill (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Jones Fannin (Republican) — YEA
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Joseph McCarthy (Democrat) — NAY
- Walter Frederick Mondale (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Vaughn Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Stuart Symington (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clifford Philip Case (Republican) — YEA
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clinton Presba Anderson (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Manuel Montoya (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Koppel Javits (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Francis Kennedy (Democrat) — YEA
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Goodwin Tower (Republican) — YEA
- Ralph Webster Yarborough (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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