Senate roll call 202 · 78th Congress · Sep 15, 1944
To amend S. 2105, by striking a provision stipulating that the commissioner of public roads "is hereby directed to concur only in such installations as will pro
On Sep 15, 1944, the Senate voted 30–28 (S 2105). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–6, Republicans 3–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 38
- Date
- Sep 15, 1944
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 6 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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