Senate roll call 172 · 80th Congress · Apr 6, 1948
S 1481. Passage.
On Apr 6, 1948, the Senate voted 46–17 (S 1481). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–3, Democrats 15–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 46
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Apr 6, 1948
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed 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
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.