Senate roll call 9 · 80th Congress · Feb 28, 1947
S CON RES 7. Green substitute amend. That it is the judgment of the Congress that any excess of revenues over expenditures be applied toward reduction of the p
On Feb 28, 1947, the Senate voted 33–49 (SCRE 7). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–44, Democrats 32–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 33
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Feb 28, 1947
By party
- Democrats32 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 44 no
Who broke with their party
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- 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
- 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
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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