Senate roll call 203 · 80th Congress · Jun 7, 1948
S 2655. Langer amend. To exempt servicemen from payment of poll tax or any other tax or payment as a voting requirement.
On Jun 7, 1948, the Senate voted 37–35 (S 2655). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–5, Democrats 5–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 7, 1948
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 5 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- William Crosson Feazel 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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