Senate roll call 90 · 80th Congress · Jun 27, 1947
HR 2436. Appropriations for the treasury and post office depts. Adoption of conference report.
On Jun 27, 1947, the Senate voted 51–26 (HR 2436). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–0, Democrats 7–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 51
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jun 27, 1947
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans44 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster 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
- 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
- Dennis Chavez 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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