Senate roll call 150 · 75th Congress · May 13, 1938
To amend S. 3845, a bill establishing a civil aeronautics authority, by removing the following sentence: "any menber of the authority may be removed by the pre
On May 13, 1938, the Senate voted 34–28 (S 3845). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–20, Republicans 0–12, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 75th Congress (1937–1938), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 34
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 13, 1938
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- George Mcgill D-KS voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
- Key Pittman D-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Herbert Emery Hitchcock D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
Voted present
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixie Bibb Graves D-AL
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- George William Norris I-NE
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- John Gerald Milton D-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Alfred Evan Reames D-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- George Leonard Berry D-TN
- Nathan Lynn Bachman D-TN
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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