Senate roll call 99 · 80th Congress · Jul 12, 1947
HR 3950. Morse amend. To change the taxability of interest on federal, state, and local obligations issued after jan. 1, 1948.
On Jul 12, 1947, the Senate voted 18–62 (HR 3950). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–40, Democrats 14–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 18
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 12, 1947
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 40 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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