Senate roll call 3 · 80th Congress · Jan 3, 1947
S RES 1. Barkley motion that the Senate recess till noon following day.
On Jan 3, 1947, the Senate voted 32–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 22–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 32
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 3, 1947
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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