Senate roll call 21 · 79th Congress · Apr 4, 1945
S 298. Continue the commodity credit corp., increase its borrowing power, revise the basis of the annual apprasial of its asset. Adoption of conference report
On Apr 4, 1945, the Senate voted 47–32 (S 298). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–4, Republicans 6–29, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 47
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 4, 1945
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 4 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- 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
- 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
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin 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
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- John Moses D-ND
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- James Wylie Huffman D-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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