Senate roll call 183 · 77th Congress · Nov 17, 1942
To table an appeal from the decision of the chair, as to whether the reception of a message from the President amounts to the transaction of Senate business.
On Nov 17, 1942, the Senate voted 41–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–20, Republicans 23–3, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 41
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Nov 17, 1942
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 20 no · 33 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR voted no
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Wall Doxey D-MS voted no
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted no
- William John Bulow D-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Roger Craft Peace D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Andrew Jackson Houston D-TX
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- 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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