Senate roll call 42 · 79th Congress · Jun 11, 1945
S J RES 30. Taft amend. To provide in fixing maximum prices the same dollar margin over cost received for commodities in the year 1939.
On Jun 11, 1945, the Senate voted 26–41 (SJRE 30). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–39, Republicans 30–5, 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
- 26
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 11, 1945
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 39 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- 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
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
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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