Senate roll call 121 · 78th Congress · Dec 8, 1943
To suspend Senate rules so as to allow an amendment making legislation in an appropriation bill. The proposed amendment to H.R. 3598 would have added an approp
On Dec 8, 1943, the Senate voted 43–20 (HR 3598). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–5, Republicans 8–16, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 43
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Dec 8, 1943
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI 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
- 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
- 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
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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