Senate roll call 92 · 80th Congress · Jul 1, 1947
HR 3311. Appropriations for the depts of state, justice, commerce, and the judiciary. Lucas amend. To increase appropriation for fed. Aid to the airport progr
On Jul 1, 1947, the Senate voted 38–39 (HR 3311). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 39–4, Republicans 5–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 38
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 1, 1947
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 37 no
Who broke with their party
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper 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
- 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes 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
- 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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