Senate roll call 145 · 76th Congress · Mar 15, 1940
To amend S. 3046 by requiring the federal government to contribute over half of the money for state, county, or municipal projects before the act would come int
On Mar 15, 1940, the Senate voted 21–38 (S 3046). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–25, Republicans 0–23, Others 0–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 21
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 15, 1940
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 25 no · 17 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA 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
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- 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
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- 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
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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