Senate roll call 89 · 78th Congress · Sep 17, 1943
To amend H.R. 1203, elimination of private suits arising out of frauds against the United States, by permitting an informer or person having knowledge of fraud
On Sep 17, 1943, the Senate voted 18–39 (HR 1203). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–31, Republicans 13–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Sep 17, 1943
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 31 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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