Senate roll call 76 · 80th Congress · Jun 2, 1947
HR 3203. Relative to maximum rents on housing accommodations, repeal certain provisions of public law 388, 79th cong. Taylor amend. To provide for the continu
On Jun 2, 1947, the Senate voted 16–58 (HR 3203). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–37, Democrats 15–22. 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
- 58
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jun 2, 1947
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 37 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck 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
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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