Senate roll call 167 · 79th Congress · May 31, 1946
HR 6578. Capehart amend. To fix terms and conditions for operation of plants seized by presidential proclamation.
On May 31, 1946, the Senate voted 2–77 (HR 6578). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–49, Republicans 2–30, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 2 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
- 2
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 31, 1946
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 49 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 30 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- 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 Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
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