Senate roll call 59 · 76th Congress · Jul 11, 1939
To amend H.R. 6635, by providing increased authorizations for appropriations for maternal and child health, vocational rehabilitation, and public health as auth
On Jul 11, 1939, the Senate voted 59–4 (HR 6635). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–1, Republicans 15–3, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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
- 59
- No
- 4
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jul 11, 1939
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 1 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 3 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- 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
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas 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
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- William Henry King D-UT
Voted present
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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