The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT TO S. RES. 4. THE HUDDLESTON AMENDMENT REQUIRES AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATORS PRESENT AND VOTING TO CREATE A NEW STANDING COMMITTEE.
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- 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).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's senators voted
In 20 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 12 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
- Alaska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Jersey: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 1 no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 1 yes, 1 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 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 2 yes, 0 no
Alabama 1 yes, 1 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Cranston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 1 no
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Augustus Nunn (Democrat) — NAY
Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Forrester Church (Democrat) — YEA
- James Albertus McClure (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Birch Evans Bayh (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard G. Lugar (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Blackwood Pearson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Joseph Dole (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward William Brooke III (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Paul Griffin (Republican) — NAY
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Clifford Philip Case (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican) — NAY
Oregon 1 yes, 1 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — YEA
- James George Abourezk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Ralph Sasser (Democrat) — NAY
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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