Senate roll call 92 · 79th Congress · Nov 20, 1945
HR 4407. Reducing certain appropriations and contract authorizations. Barkley amend. To provide return of employment service facilities to the states by june
On Nov 20, 1945, the Senate voted 31–35 (HR 4407). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–9, Republicans 2–31, 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
- 31
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Nov 20, 1945
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 31 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-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
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- 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
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
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
- John Thomas R-ID
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- William Abner Stanfill R-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
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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