Senate roll call 70 · 77th Congress · Aug 15, 1941
To amend S. 1840. This amendment is identical to that voted on in variable number 78, except that a quorum was not present on variable number 78.
On Aug 15, 1941, the Senate voted 8–39 (S 1840). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–31, Republicans 3–7, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 8 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
- 8
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 57
- Date
- Aug 15, 1941
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 31 no · 37 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted yes
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison 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
- George William Norris I-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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