Senate roll call 178 · 78th Congress · May 15, 1944
To consider H.R. 3176, regulations affecting the furnishing of artificial limbs to retired officers and enlisted men.
On May 15, 1944, the Senate voted 41–35 (HR 3176). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–18, Republicans 12–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 35
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 15, 1944
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA 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
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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