Senate roll call 210 · 78th Congress · Dec 8, 1944
To pass H.R. 5564, freezing of pay-roll taxes at 1 per cent, a bill to fix the rate of tax under the federal insurance contributions act on employer and employe
On Dec 8, 1944, the Senate voted 47–19 (HR 5564). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–20, Republicans 33–3, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 8, 1944
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- 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
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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