Senate roll call 149 · 78th Congress · Feb 10, 1944
To amend H.R. 3477, by changing the program from a so-called 'consumer subsidy' to a price support program and would reduce the authorization from $1.5 billion
On Feb 10, 1944, the Senate voted 16–64 (HR 3477). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–45, Republicans 9–24, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 16
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 10, 1944
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 45 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-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
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- 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
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds 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 Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) 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
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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