Senate roll call 144 · 78th Congress · Feb 8, 1944
To amend S. 1285 by providing a substitute a method of absentee voting for that provided in the proposed Senate amendment to the bill as passed by the house.
On Feb 8, 1944, the Senate voted 41–45 (S 1285). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–39, Republicans 25–10, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 41
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Feb 8, 1944
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 39 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 10 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- James John Davis R-PA 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
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
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- 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
Did not vote
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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