Senate roll call 214 · 80th Congress · Jun 9, 1948
S 2655. Wherry amend. Affirming valid claims of small business to participate in war contracts.
On Jun 9, 1948, the Senate voted 65–23 (S 2655). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–9, Democrats 28–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- 65
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 9, 1948
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans37 yes · 9 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- 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
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken 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
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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