Senate roll call 70 · 76th Congress · Jul 27, 1939
To amend S. 2864, a program for financing recoverable expenditures, by eliminating $500,000,000 from the bill to be made abailable for public roads.
On Jul 27, 1939, the Senate voted 38–40 (S 2864). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–36, Republicans 16–2, Others 0–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 40
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 27, 1939
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 36 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Elvis Miller D-AR voted yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- William Henry King D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Morris Sheppard 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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