Senate roll call 138 · 76th Congress · Mar 14, 1940
To amend S. 3046, by striking from the provisions of the bill the authority of the federal government to attempt to curtail the activity of individual employees
On Mar 14, 1940, the Senate voted 28–50 (S 3046). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–30, Republicans 0–23, Others 0–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 76th Congress (1939–1940), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 14, 1940
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 30 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted no
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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