Senate roll call 152 · 79th Congress · May 23, 1946
HR 4908. Byrd amend. Prohibiting the exacting of royalties by employees and labor unions on commerce or on the products of commerce.
On May 23, 1946, the Senate voted 47–30 (HR 4908). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–26, Republicans 32–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 47
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 23, 1946
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- 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
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- 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
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
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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