Senate roll call 124 · 80th Congress · Jul 25, 1947
HR 2181. Institutional on-farm training for veterans. Taft motion to recommit.
On Jul 25, 1947, the Senate voted 31–45 (HR 2181). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–13, Democrats 0–42. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 31
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 25, 1947
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 42 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 2181: Relating to institutional on farm training for veterans
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- 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
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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