Senate roll call 206 · 80th Congress · Jun 8, 1948
S 2655. Wherry amend. Permitting enlistment for a certain period of 50,000 qualified aliens for not less than 5 years after which they shall be eligible for am
On Jun 8, 1948, the Senate voted 43–33 (S 2655). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–11, Democrats 14–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 43
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 8, 1948
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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