Senate roll call 152 · 78th Congress · Feb 11, 1944
To amend H.R. 3477, by eliminating all subsidies--the supposedly "good" ones as well as the "bad" ones.
On Feb 11, 1944, the Senate voted 17–53 (HR 3477). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–40, Republicans 7–13, 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
- 17
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 11, 1944
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 40 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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