Senate roll call 209 · 78th Congress · Dec 6, 1944
Consideration of nominations of joseph c. Crew, w.l. Clayton, nelson a. Rockefeller, and archibald macleish to the committee on foreign relations for further co
On Dec 6, 1944, the Senate voted 37–27. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–20, Republicans 17–11, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 37
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Dec 6, 1944
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- James John Davis R-PA voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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