Senate roll call 186 · 78th Congress · Jun 7, 1944
To amend S. 1764, by adding the following: "it shall be an adequate defense to any suit or action brought under subsections (b), (e), or (f) (2) of this sectio
On Jun 7, 1944, the Senate voted 47–27 (S 1764). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–24, Republicans 29–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 47
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 7, 1944
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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