HR 2245. On appeal from the decision of the chair referring the bill to the agriculture and forestry committee.

On May 5, 1948, the Senate voted 30–47 (HR 2245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–16, Democrats 4–38. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 30
No: 47
Did not vote: 1
Date: May 5, 1948

By party

Democrats4 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
Republicans29 yes · 16 no

Who broke with their party

Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted no
John James Williams R-DE voted no
Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted no
John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted no
Edward Martin R-PA voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

William Crosson Feazel D-LA

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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