Senate roll call 157 · 75th Congress · Jun 3, 1938
To amend H.J. RES. 679, by providing appropriations for both the merrimack river and for damages to the city waterworks of leavenworth, kansas by navigation imp
On Jun 3, 1938, the Senate voted 29–43 (HJR 679). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–43, Republicans 10–1, Others 1–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 29
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jun 3, 1938
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 43 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- John Elvis Miller D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Augustine Lonergan D-CT
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- 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 Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Gibbs Mcadoo D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- James Pinckney Pope D-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- William Henry Dieterich D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- George Mcgill D-KS
- 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
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Fred Herbert Brown D-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Herbert Emery Hitchcock D-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- Dixie Bibb Graves D-AL
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Arthur Harry Moore D-NJ
- John Gerald Milton D-NJ
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas 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
- Francis Ryan Duffy D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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