Senate roll call 115 · 78th Congress · Dec 3, 1943
To amend S. 1285, by changing the mechanism for voting under the act. It would authorize the absentee voter to designate, through power of attorney, to his fat
On Dec 3, 1943, the Senate voted 30–50 (S 1285). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–48, Republicans 29–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 30
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 3, 1943
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 48 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- 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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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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