Senate roll call 162 · 79th Congress · May 27, 1946
HR 6578. Provide on a temporary basis during the present period of emergency for the prompt settlement of industrial disputes vitally affecting the national ec
On May 27, 1946, the Senate voted 24–34. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–26, Republicans 20–8, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 24
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 27, 1946
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- 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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