Senate roll call 166 · 80th Congress · Mar 31, 1948
S 472. Donnell amend. Adding the provision that no funds shall be disbursed in any state for the support of any sectarian or private school.
On Mar 31, 1948, the Senate voted 5–80 (S 472). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–45, Democrats 4–37. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 80
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Mar 31, 1948
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright 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
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey 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
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-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
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
Did not vote
Other votes
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