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House recorded vote (96th Congress) · July 31, 1979
HCR80

Recorded vote

TO AGREE TO H. CON. RES. 80, AUTHORIZING A BUST OR STATUE OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. TO BE PLACED IN THE CAPITOL. (MOTION PASSED)

Bill action
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 measure itself

What was on the floor

No separate text document applies to this vote.

The map

How each state's members voted

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

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no

California 41 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 1 yes, 0 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 39 yes, 0 no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no

On the record

Every vote, by name — 435 members

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