Senate roll call 126 · 80th Congress · Jul 25, 1947
HR 4075. Regulate commerce among the states, w/the territories and possessions of the U.S., and w/foreign countries; protect the welfare of consumers of sugars
On Jul 25, 1947, the Senate voted 40–42 (HR 4075). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–35, Democrats 33–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 25, 1947
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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