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Senate recorded vote (92nd Congress) · August 9, 1972
S. 2507

Recorded vote

TO AMEND S. 2507 BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME TO POSSESS ANY FIREARM.

AmendmentCourts & justice
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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 S. 2507

August 7, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507, A BILL TO PROHIBIT THE SALE… · 7–84 August 7, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 BY REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF… · 11–78 August 8, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 SO AS TO ESTABLISH A NATIONA… · 16–75 August 8, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 SO AS TO ELIMINATE AMMUNITIO… · 71–21 August 8, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 BY CLARIFYING INTENT OF CONG… · 84–11 August 8, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 SO AS TO PERMIT AN OWNER OF … · 89–4 August 9, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 BY STRIKING FROM THE BILL PA… · 58–33 August 9, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 BY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO SEL… · 27–70 August 9, 1972 · TO AMEND S. 2507 BY CHANGING THE CRITERIA BY … · 35–57 August 9, 1972 · TO PASS S. 2507. · 68–25
The map

How each state's senators voted

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

California 0 yes, 2 no

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

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

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

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

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 102 members

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