S 1580. Taft amend. To provide for U.S. Representatives on the security council to urge limitation of armaments and prohibition of certain weapons.

On Dec 4, 1945, the Senate voted 16–54 (S 1580). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–47, Republicans 12–17, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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: 16
No: 54
Did not vote: 13
Date: Dec 4, 1945

By party

Democrats4 yes · 47 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN voted yes
Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
William Langer R-ND voted yes
Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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