Senate roll call 187 · 78th Congress · Jun 9, 1944
To amend S. 1764, by strengthening the powers of the war production board, especially in relation to cotton goods.
On Jun 9, 1944, the Senate voted 24–51 (S 1764). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–21, Republicans 1–30, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 51
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 9, 1944
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 30 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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