Senate roll call 173 · 80th Congress · Apr 7, 1948
S 1557. Incorporate the catholic war veterans. Wherry motion to proceed to the consideration of.
On Apr 7, 1948, the Senate voted 33–27 (S 1557). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–11, Democrats 11–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 33
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Apr 7, 1948
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- 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 Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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