Senate roll call 180 · 78th Congress · May 17, 1944
To amend H.R. 4204, a bill making appropriations for departments of state, justice, and commerce by adding "provided further, that no part of the funds appropri
On May 17, 1944, the Senate voted 24–42 (HR 4204). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–58, Republicans 24–2, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 24
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 17, 1944
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 58 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- 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
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- 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
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 4204, a bill making…: Senate Vote, May 17, 1944,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/78-S-180/to-amend-h-r-4204-a-bill-making-appropriations (accessed 2026-10-17).