Senate roll call 207 · 78th Congress · Dec 4, 1944
To amend H.R. 3961, river and harbor improvements, by authorizing the "waterway connecting the tombigbee and tennessee rivers; in accordance with the recommenda
On Dec 4, 1944, the Senate voted 31–37 (HR 3961). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–15, Republicans 5–23, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 31
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 4, 1944
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV 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
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner 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
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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