Senate roll call 117 · 78th Congress · Dec 7, 1943
To amend H.R. 3598, first supplemental national defense appropriations, by adding the following-- "the amount that may be used for administrative expenses in TH
On Dec 7, 1943, the Senate voted 55–16 (HR 3598). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–0, Republicans 12–16, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 78th Congress (1943–1944), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 7, 1943
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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