Senate roll call 24 · 78th Congress · May 4, 1943
To amend S. 796, strikes in defense industries, by restricting the President's ability to take over industries involved in labor disturbances.
On May 4, 1943, the Senate voted 41–34 (S 796). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–30, Republicans 26–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 41
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 4, 1943
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Carl Atwood Hatch 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney 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
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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