Senate roll call 179 · 78th Congress · May 15, 1944
To amend S. 683, recognition of services of civilian employees in connection with the construction of the panama canal, by limiting compensation to those suffer
On May 15, 1944, the Senate voted 28–32 (S 683). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–25, Republicans 17–7, 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
- 28
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 15, 1944
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 25 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- 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
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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