Senate roll call 119 · 78th Congress · Dec 8, 1943
To amend H.R. 3598, by providing that the secretary of war may transfer up to 10 per cent of any or all of the appropriations for the military establishment for
On Dec 8, 1943, the Senate voted 28–42 (HR 3598). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–13, Republicans 2–28, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Dec 8, 1943
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted no
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- 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
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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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