Senate roll call 25 · 79th Congress · Apr 17, 1945
Exec. A and exec. H. Wherry reservation that "the effect of droughts may be shared equitably by both countries, in any year in which the run-off of the colorad
On Apr 17, 1945, the Senate voted 24–54. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–42, Republicans 20–12, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 54
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 17, 1945
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 42 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
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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