Senate roll call 140 · 80th Congress · Feb 24, 1948
S 2182. MC clellan amend. Proposing removal of maximum rent control in certain areas.
On Feb 24, 1948, the Senate voted 25–43 (S 2182). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–26, Democrats 14–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Feb 24, 1948
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted yes
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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