Senate roll call 218 · 78th Congress · Dec 19, 1944
Consideration of nomination of james c. Dunn to be assistant secretary of state.
On Dec 19, 1944, the Senate voted 62–10. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–6, Republicans 30–4, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 62
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Dec 19, 1944
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-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
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner 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
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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