Senate roll call 74 · 79th Congress · Sep 20, 1945
Nomination of dean acheson to be under secretary of state.
On Sep 20, 1945, the Senate voted 69–1. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–0, Republicans 29–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 69
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Sep 20, 1945
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- 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
- 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
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Voted present
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Thomas R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson 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
- James Graves Scrugham 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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