Senate roll call 215 · 76th Congress · Jun 19, 1940
To amend H.R. 10039 by directing the President to reduce the appropriation for the executive branch of the government by not less than 4 per cent.
On Jun 19, 1940, the Senate voted 32–41 (HR 10039). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–41, Republicans 17–1, Others 0–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 32
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 19, 1940
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 41 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE voted yes
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Carter Glass D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Edward Raymond Burke D-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ernest Willard Gibson R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Rush Dew Holt D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Sherman Minton D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alvin Victor Donahey D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- William Henry King D-UT
- Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- James Michael Slattery D-IL
- James John Davis R-PA
Did not vote
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Ernest Lundeen O-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Key Pittman D-NV
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Ernest William Gibson Jr. R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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