Senate roll call 143 · 80th Congress · Feb 26, 1948
S J RES 186. Joint resolution authorizing the allocation and inventory control of grain for the production of ethyl alcohol, conserve grain in aid of the natio
On Feb 26, 1948, the Senate voted 54–16 (SJRE 186). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–6, Democrats 24–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 54
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Feb 26, 1948
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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