Senate roll call 71 · 80th Congress · May 28, 1947
HR 1. MC carran amend. To permit reduction from gross income of capital expenditures for trade or small business up to $125,000.
On May 28, 1947, the Senate voted 16–60 (HR 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–44, Democrats 17–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 16
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 28, 1947
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 44 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- 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
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- 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
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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