Senate roll call 36 · 76th Congress · Jun 12, 1939
To amend H.R. 6392, a bill making appropriations for the state department, by increasing the appropriation for the office of the secretary of commerce from $381
On Jun 12, 1939, the Senate voted 41–23 (HR 6392). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–7, Republicans 1–21, Others 1–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 41
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 12, 1939
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- 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
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- 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
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- William Henry King D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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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