Senate roll call 197 · 78th Congress · Aug 11, 1944
To recommit S. 2051, extension of umemployment compensation.
On Aug 11, 1944, the Senate voted 14–61 (S 2051). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–41, Republicans 3–32, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Aug 11, 1944
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 41 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 32 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN 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
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- William Langer R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes 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 Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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