Senate roll call 205 · 78th Congress · Nov 28, 1944
Confirmation of nominating of guy mason as commissioner of the d. Of c.
On Nov 28, 1944, the Senate voted 39–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–2, Republicans 4–23, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 39
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Nov 28, 1944
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA 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
- 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
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- 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
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- 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
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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