Senate roll call 31 · 78th Congress · May 14, 1943
To amend H.R. 2570, by providing a method by which 25 percent of 1942 taxes would be recouped rather than the 13 percent contemplated in the committee amendment
On May 14, 1943, the Senate voted 32–50 (HR 2570). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 32–21, Republicans 6–31, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 32
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 14, 1943
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 31 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 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
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- 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
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- 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
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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