Senate roll call 1 · 80th Congress · Jan 3, 1947
S RES 1. Resolution to refer to rules committee bilbo's claim to a Senate seat. Overton amend. To permit oath to be administered to bilbo. Taft motion to tab
On Jan 3, 1947, the Senate voted 38–20 (SRE 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–20, Republicans 28–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 members voted against their own party.
During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 3, 1947
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
Voted present
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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