Senate roll call 94 · 77th Congress · Dec 17, 1941
To amend H.R. 5558, district motor-vehicle-fuel tax, by reducing the proposed increase in the gasoline tax in the district of columbia from 2 cents a gallon to
On Dec 17, 1941, the Senate voted 52–27 (HR 5558). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–26, Republicans 23–1, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 52
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 17, 1941
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 26 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted no
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted no
- Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ voted no
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Carter Glass D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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