Senate roll call 161 · 80th Congress · Mar 19, 1948
HR 4790. Fulbright amend. To permit corporations a specific exemption of $15,000 from their adjusted net incomes for tax purposes.
On Mar 19, 1948, the Senate voted 21–46 (HR 4790). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–39, Democrats 19–11. 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
- 21
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Mar 19, 1948
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 39 no
Who broke with their party
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
The bill
H.R. 4790: To reduce individual income tax payments, and for other purposes
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- William Langer R-ND
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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