Senate roll call 204 · 79th Congress · Jul 5, 1946
HR 6407. Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors. Robertson amend. To strike tombigbee and tenness
On Jul 5, 1946, the Senate voted 21–44 (HR 6407). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–40, Republicans 20–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 21
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jul 5, 1946
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 40 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 5 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- 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
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Guy Cordon 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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