Senate roll call 13 · 76th Congress · Mar 22, 1939
To amend H.R. 4425, by excluding the civil aeronautics authority from the number of agencies which could be affected by an executive order.
On Mar 22, 1939, the Senate voted 38–41 (HR 4425). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–39, Republicans 20–1, Others 1–1, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Mar 22, 1939
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 39 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- George William Norris I-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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