Senate roll call 45 · 77th Congress · Jun 12, 1941
To suspend paragraph 4 of rule xvi for the purpose of proposing to a bill H.R. 4756, which makes appropriations for the legislative branch, an amendment involvi
On Jun 12, 1941, the Senate voted 50–14 (HR 4756). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–13, Republicans 17–0, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 50
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 12, 1941
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- George William Norris I-NE
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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