Senate roll call 28 · 77th Congress · May 7, 1941
To amend H.R. 3025, treasury and post office, to provide increased funds for trans-atlantic airmail service.
On May 7, 1941, the Senate voted 35–44 (HR 3205). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 35–25, Republicans 5–23, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 35
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 7, 1941
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ voted no
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- 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
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- 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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