Senate roll call 29 · 77th Congress · May 13, 1941
To amend S. RES. 106, election of a senator from west VA., by designating clarence e. Martin as the senator from west VA. Rather than joseph rosier.
On May 13, 1941, the Senate voted 38–40 (SRE 106). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–43, Republicans 26–2, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 38
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 13, 1941
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 43 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-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
- 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
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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 Langer R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker 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
- 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
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- 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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