Senate roll call 241 · 80th Congress · Aug 2, 1948
S CON RES 60. Concurrent resolution proposing adjournment of Congress.
On Aug 2, 1948, the Senate voted 13–58 (SCRE 60). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–42, Democrats 14–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 13
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Aug 2, 1948
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 42 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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