Senate roll call 118 · 78th Congress · Dec 8, 1943
To suspend Senate rules to allow an amendment making legislation in an appropriation bill. The proposed amendment to H.R. 3598 would have severely restricted t
On Dec 8, 1943, the Senate voted 62–10 (HR 3598). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–8, Republicans 30–4, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 62
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Dec 8, 1943
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey 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
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Voted present
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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