Senate roll call 120 · 78th Congress · Dec 8, 1943
To amend H.R. 3598, by providing that if a surplus develops in any particular activity of the war department, such surplus shoud be impounded by the secretary o
On Dec 8, 1943, the Senate voted 19–55 (HR 3598). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–33, Republicans 9–22, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 19
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 8, 1943
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 33 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted yes
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- 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
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- 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
- 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
Voted present
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- 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
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- 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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