Senate roll call 192 · 76th Congress · May 22, 1940
To amend H.R. 9209 by appropriating $100,000 for expenses of the council of national defense.
On May 22, 1940, the Senate voted 22–48 (HR 9209). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–47, Republicans 16–1, Others 0–1, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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
- 22
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 22, 1940
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 47 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- George William Norris I-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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