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Senate recorded vote (95th Congress) · October 4, 1978
HJR638
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H. J. RES. 638 BY ALLOWING THE STATE LEGISLATURES TO RESCIND THEIR RATIFCATION OF THE PROPOSED EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT ANY TIME AFTER THIS JOINT RESOLUTION BECOMES LAW.
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In 17 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 21 every one voted no; 12 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: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maine: 0 yes, 2 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 1 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
- New York: 0 yes, 2 no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 2 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Carolina: 2 yes, 0 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, 1 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 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, 1 no
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland 0 yes, 2 no
Maine 0 yes, 2 no
Michigan 0 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Claggett Danforth (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 0 yes, 2 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 1 yes, 1 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
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