Senate roll call 91 · 77th Congress · Dec 16, 1941
To discharge the committee on education and labor from further consideration of H.R. 6128, national-defense housing--, and that the bill be referred to the comm
On Dec 16, 1941, the Senate voted 38–38 (HR 6128). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–28, Republicans 15–9, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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
- 38
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Dec 16, 1941
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 28 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Prentiss Marsh Brown D-MI voted yes
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted no
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC voted yes
- William John Bulow D-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Clyde LaVerne Herring D-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- George Lloyd Spencer D-AR
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- James Hurd Hughes D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- George William Norris I-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- William Howell Smathers D-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Berkeley Lloyd Bunker D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joshua Bryan Lee D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Joseph Rosier D-WV
- Henry Herman (Harry) Schwartz D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Elvis Miller D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Alva Blanchard Adams D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Emanuel Nelson R-MN
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Wall Doxey D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Alva Moore Lumpkin D-SC
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Hugh Ike Shott R-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
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