Senate roll call 244 · 79th Congress · Aug 1, 1946
H J RES 390. Bridges amend. To strike house provision making an appropriation of $26,000,000 for salaries and expenses of OPA.
On Aug 1, 1946, the Senate voted 14–46 (HJRE 390). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–38, Republicans 12–9, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 14
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Aug 1, 1946
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 38 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- 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
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- 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
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
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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