Senate roll call 233 · 80th Congress · Jun 17, 1948
S 2318. Russell amend. As a substitute bill.
On Jun 17, 1948, the Senate voted 27–55 (S 2318). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–45, Democrats 25–16. 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
- 27
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 17, 1948
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 45 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-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
- Clyde Roark Hoey 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-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
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
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