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Senate recorded vote (91st Congress) · March 10, 1970
H.R. 4249

Recorded vote

TO ADOPT COOPER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4249, SAID AMENDMENT SUSPENDING LITERACY TESTS IN ALL STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN WHICH LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS WERE REGISTERED ON NOV. 1, 1968.

Bill action
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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. 4249

December 11, 1969 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249 A BILL TO EXTEND THE VOTIN… · 208–204 December 11, 1969 · TO PASS H.R. 4249, TO EXTEND THE VOTING RIGHT… · 234–179 March 5, 1970 · TO TABLE MODIFIED SCOTT (PA.) AMENDMENT TO H.… · 32–47 March 6, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249, SO AS TO ELIMINATE REQUIR… · 19–58 March 6, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249, SO AS TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN … · 30–44 March 9, 1970 · TO REJECT AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4249 TO AUTHORIZE… · 32–48 March 9, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249, SO AS TO PERMIT A STATE W… · 26–54 March 9, 1970 · TO AMEND SCOTT (PENNA.) SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT … · 27–48 March 10, 1970 · TO AMEND MODIFIED SCOTT (PENNA.) AMENDMENT TO… · 26–60 March 10, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249 BY SUSPENDING LITERACY TES… · 43–43 March 10, 1970 · TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH COOPER (KEN.) AME… · 43–42 March 11, 1970 · TO AMEND MODIFIED MANSFIELD (MONT.) AMENDMENT… · 84–7 March 11, 1970 · TO AMEND MODIFIED MANSFIELD (MONT.) AMENDMENT… · 22–66 March 11, 1970 · TO AMEND MODIFIED MANSFIELD (MONT.) AMENDMENT… · 20–64 March 11, 1970 · TO TABLE MANSFIELD AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4249. · 21–62 March 12, 1970 · TO ADOPT AMENDMENT DELAYING FROM JANUARY 1, 1… · 15–72 March 12, 1970 · TO ADOPT MODIFIED AMENDMENT, AS AMENDED, TO H… · 64–17 March 12, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION EM… · 69–15 March 12, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249 BY ABOLISHING DURATIONAL R… · 78–5 March 12, 1970 · TO AGREE TO MODIFIED AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4249, … · 16–63 March 13, 1970 · TO AMEND H.R. 4249 BY PROVIDING THAT SECTIONS… · 25–52 March 13, 1970 · TO ADOPT MODIFIED SCOTT SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT,… · 51–22 March 13, 1970 · TO PASS H.R. 4249. · 64–12
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

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

New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

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