Senate roll call 148 · 78th Congress · Feb 9, 1944
To amend H.R. 3477, a bill for continuation of the commodity credit corporation, by providing for a series of agricultural subsidies up to $1.5 billion for the
On Feb 9, 1944, the Senate voted 26–49 (HR 3477). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–24, Republicans 2–31, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 26
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 9, 1944
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 24 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted yes
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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