Senate roll call 206 · 76th Congress · Jun 14, 1940
To amend H.J.RES. 544, by adding "there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 1941, the sum o
On Jun 14, 1940, the Senate voted 58–16 (HJR 544). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–12, Republicans 12–7, Others 3–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 58
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 14, 1940
By party
- Democrats51 yes · 12 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- 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
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Voted present
Did not vote
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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