Senate roll call 61 · 80th Congress · May 19, 1947
S 526. Kilgore amend. As a substitute for section relating to patent rights.
On May 19, 1947, the Senate voted 28–50 (S 526). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–45, Democrats 28–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 28
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 19, 1947
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 45 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed 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
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young 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
- George Wilson Malone R-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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- 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
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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