To recommit S. 637 to the committee on education and labor.

On Oct 20, 1943, the Senate voted 53–26 (S 637). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–17, Republicans 26–12, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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: 53
No: 26
Did not vote: 14
Date: Oct 20, 1943

By party

Democrats34 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans26 yes · 12 no · 4 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted no
Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
William Langer R-ND voted no
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted no
James John Davis R-PA voted no
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA voted no
Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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