Senate roll call 143 · 77th Congress · Jun 18, 1942
To amend S. 2412, a bill relating to civilian war benefits, by eliminating the liability of the government with regard to civilian defense workers unless they w
On Jun 18, 1942, the Senate voted 26–34 (S 2412). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–23, Republicans 11–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.
During the 77th Congress (1941–1942), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 26
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jun 18, 1942
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 23 no · 32 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 10 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted no
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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