Senate roll call 182 · 78th Congress · May 31, 1944
To consider H.R. 3931, a bill authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.
On May 31, 1944, the Senate voted 21–45 (HR 3931). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–21, Republicans 0–27, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 31, 1944
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 27 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted no
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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