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House recorded vote (95th Congress) · September 30, 1977

Recorded vote

TO APPROVE THE HOUSE JOURNAL FOR SEPT. 29, 1977.

Other
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 map

How each state's members voted

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

California 28 yes, 1 no, 14 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 no

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

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

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no

Nevada 1 yes, 0 no

New York 26 yes, 1 no, 12 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 2 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 435 members

Select any member to pull their file.