Senate roll call 96 · 78th Congress · Oct 6, 1943
To pass S. 763, a deferment of fathers from the draft.
On Oct 6, 1943, the Senate voted 69–0 (S 763). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–0, Republicans 27–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 69
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Oct 6, 1943
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland 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
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour 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
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- 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
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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