An amendment to H.R. 4070, providing for the retention of the fair employment practice committee.

On Mar 24, 1944, the Senate voted 30–28 (HR 4070). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–13, Republicans 6–23, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 30
No: 28
Did not vote: 31
Date: Mar 24, 1944

By party

Democrats28 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
John Thomas R-ID voted yes
Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN voted no
Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted no
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted yes
Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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