To amend H.R. 4756, to provide "a research assistant at $4,500 per annum for each member of the Senate of the United States."

On Jun 12, 1941, the Senate voted 30–34 (HR 4756). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–21, Republicans 4–12, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 30
No: 34
Did not vote: 38
Date: Jun 12, 1941

By party

Democrats25 yes · 21 no · 26 didn’t vote
Republicans4 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted no
Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted no
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
James Francis Byrnes D-SC voted no
William John Bulow D-SD voted no
Carter Glass D-VA voted no
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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