Senate roll call 151 · 79th Congress · May 23, 1946
HR 4908. Ball motion to table second green amend. Similar to above amend.
On May 23, 1946, the Senate voted 43–34 (HR 4908). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–28, Republicans 29–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 43
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 23, 1946
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- 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
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
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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