Senate roll call 5 · 79th Congress · Feb 5, 1945
S RES 17. Resolution for continuing the authority for an investigation of the alcholic beverage industry. Motion to discharge the committee to audit and contr
On Feb 5, 1945, the Senate voted 28–43 (SRE 17). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–31, Republicans 17–13, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 28
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 5, 1945
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 31 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- John Moses D-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-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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