Conference report on H.R. 2481, appropriations for the department of agriculture, that the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 98 and 99.

On Jul 1, 1943, the Senate voted 21–53 (HR 2481). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–28, Republicans 6–25, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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: 21
No: 53
Did not vote: 29
Date: Jul 1, 1943

By party

Democrats15 yes · 28 no · 18 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Conference report on H.R. 2481…: Senate Vote, Jul 1, 1943,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/78-S-73/conference-report-on-h-r-2481-appropriations-for-the (accessed 2026-10-17).