Senate roll call 75 · 77th Congress · Sep 5, 1941
To amend H.R. 5417, by providing increased protection for certain branches of american agriculture against competitive imports from tropical countries, would ST
On Sep 5, 1941, the Senate voted 31–33 (HR 5417). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–29, Republicans 15–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 31
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Sep 5, 1941
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 29 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 4 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James John Davis R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- George William Norris I-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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