Senate roll call 20 · 77th Congress · Mar 20, 1941
To amend H.R. 3981, navy department and naval service, by striking out, "provided, that no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this act shall b
On Mar 20, 1941, the Senate voted 32–32 (HR 3981). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–9, Republicans 0–22, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 77th Congress (1941–1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 20, 1941
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 9 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Did not vote
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker 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
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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