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House recorded vote (91st Congress) · January 3, 1969
H.Res. 1

Recorded vote

TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H.RES. 1, PROVIDING SIMPLY TO ADMINISTER THE OATH OF OFFICE TO ADAM CLAYTON POWELL.

Resolution
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
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.Res. 1

January 3, 1969 · TO ORDER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H.RES. 1. · 172–252 January 3, 1969 · TO ADOPT AN AMENDMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR H.R… · 131–291
The map

How each state's members voted

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

California 22 yes, 15 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 1 no

North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 0 yes, 1 no

New York 27 yes, 12 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 0 yes, 1 no

Wyoming 0 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 435 members

Select any member to pull their file.