Senate roll call 110 · 80th Congress · Jul 19, 1947
S 1293. Enable the VA to provide housing units for certain disabled veterans of WW II. Taft motion to recommit w/instructions to study further, together w/oth
On Jul 19, 1947, the Senate voted 40–37 (S 1293). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–15, Democrats 12–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 40
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 19, 1947
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 15 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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