Senate roll call 172 · 78th Congress · Mar 24, 1944
To suspend Senate rule, H.R. 4070, in order to offer an amendment to HR 4070 which would bring under the comptroller general's office those agencies of governme
On Mar 24, 1944, the Senate voted 34–19 (HR 4070). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–0, Democrats 6–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 34
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Mar 24, 1944
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 19 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-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 Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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