Senate roll call 150 · 79th Congress · May 23, 1946
HR 4908. Green amend. To give SEC. Of commerce jurisdiction of health funds for labor unions.
On May 23, 1946, the Senate voted 32–45 (HR 4908). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–21, Republicans 8–27, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 32
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 23, 1946
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 27 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart 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
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
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
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