The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO AGREE TO S. RES. 512, A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENATE'S SUPPORT OF THE NOMINATION OF THE HELSINKI WATCH GROUPS FOR THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE TO BE AWARDED ON DECEMBER 10, 1978.
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)
What was on the floor
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How each state's senators voted
In 49 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 1 every one voted no; 0 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, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 2 yes, 0 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 2 yes, 0 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
- California: 2 yes, 0 no
- Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Mexico: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
- Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
- Georgia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Hawaii: 2 yes, 0 no
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 2 yes, 0 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
- Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat) — YEA
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Alabama 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no
Arizona 2 yes, 0 no
California 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 2 yes, 0 no
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia 2 yes, 0 no
Hawaii 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa 2 yes, 0 no
Idaho 2 yes, 0 no
Illinois 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Harting Percy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Indiana 2 yes, 0 no
Kansas 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — YEA
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Dodd Hathaway (Democrat) — YEA
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no
New Hampshire 2 yes, 0 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no
Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mark Odom Hatfield (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert William Packwood (Republican) — YEA
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James George Abourezk (Democrat) — NAY
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Patrick J. Leahy (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Theodore Stafford (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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