Senate roll call 114 · 78th Congress · Dec 2, 1943
To amend S. 1285 by attempting to prevent the distribution of partisan propaganda to servicement overseas by allowing the bi-partisan ballot commission created
On Dec 2, 1943, the Senate voted 42–35 (S 1285). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–38, Republicans 34–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 42
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 2, 1943
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 38 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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