Senate roll call 112 · 79th Congress · Jan 23, 1946
Taft motion to table overton motion to amend the journal of jan. 17, by inserting full the chaplain's prayer.
On Jan 23, 1946, the Senate voted 48–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–19, Republicans 32–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 48
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jan 23, 1946
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Thomas R-ID
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- John Moses D-ND
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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