Senate roll call 167 · 80th Congress · Apr 1, 1948
S 472. MC mahon amend. Outlining the method of determining the amount of assistance each respective state shall receive and authorizing payment to nonpublic ta
On Apr 1, 1948, the Senate voted 14–66 (S 472). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–39, Democrats 13–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 14
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Apr 1, 1948
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 27 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 39 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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