Senate roll call 165 · 80th Congress · Mar 23, 1948
S 472. Federal aid to education. Wherry motion to proceed to consideration of bill.
On Mar 23, 1948, the Senate voted 53–21 (S 472). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–11, Democrats 30–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 53
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Mar 23, 1948
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- 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
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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