Senate roll call 212 · 78th Congress · Dec 14, 1944
To amend H.R. 4911, crop insurance, by adding the following proviso: "the first sentence of the twelfth paragraph of section 19 of the federal reserve act, as
On Dec 14, 1944, the Senate voted 25–45 (HR 4911). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–26, Republicans 3–31, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 25
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 14, 1944
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 31 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC voted yes
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- 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
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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