Senate roll call 83 · 78th Congress · Jul 6, 1943
To pass H.J. RES. 147, continuation of the commodity credit corporation as an agency of the United States.
On Jul 6, 1943, the Senate voted 29–36 (HJR 147). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–18, Republicans 9–19, Others 1–0. 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
- 29
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 6, 1943
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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