Senate roll call 88 · 76th Congress · Aug 4, 1939
To suspend paragraph 4 of rule xvi so that an amendment to H.R. 7462, maintaing the prevailing wage rule on work-relief projects could be made.
On Aug 4, 1939, the Senate voted 40–31 (HR 7462). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–28, Republicans 11–9, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 37 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
- 40
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Aug 4, 1939
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 28 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- John Elvis Miller D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE voted no
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted no
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Frederick Hale R-ME voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- William Henry King D-UT voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- 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 Howell Smathers D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- 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
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- 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
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Voted present
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- George William Norris I-NE
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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