United States House of Representatives

Tally Sheet      No. 130

Seventy Seventh Congress — First Session

Vote in the House of Representatives on a Declaration that a State of War exits between Japan and the United States, December 8, 1941

This tally sheet records the votes in the House of Representatives on the resolution for a declaration of war against Japan. It was adopted 388–1. Jeannette Rankin, representative from Montana and dedicated pacifist (she had voted against the resolution for entering World War I in 1917), was the only member of Congress to vote “no.” — National Archives.

Tally Sheet of the House of Representatives for Declaration of War Against Japan; 12/8/1941; General Records, 1791 - 2010; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. National Archives Indentifier: 2600932.