Senate roll call 26 · 76th Congress · May 17, 1939
To pass S. 110 a bill for the completion of the construction of the atlantic-gulf ship canal across florida.
On May 17, 1939, the Senate voted 36–45 (S 110). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 40–28, Republicans 0–23, Others 2–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 36
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- May 17, 1939
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 28 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- James Michael Slattery D-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO 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
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- 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
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- 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
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- 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
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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