Senate roll call 130 · 80th Congress · Jul 26, 1947
Agreeing to nomination of phillip perlman to be solicitor general of the U.S..
On Jul 26, 1947, the Senate voted 58–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–1, Republicans 20–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 58
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 26, 1947
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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