Senate roll call 25 · 78th Congress · May 5, 1943
To recommit S. 796 to the committee on the judiciary, with instructions that the committee report the bill back, either favorably or unfavorably, on or before t
On May 5, 1943, the Senate voted 27–52 (S 796). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–30, Republicans 9–25, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 27
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 5, 1943
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 30 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 25 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted yes
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted yes
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- David Worth Clark D-ID voted yes
- John Thomas R-ID voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted yes
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted yes
- Harry S. Truman D-MO voted yes
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted yes
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- James John Davis R-PA voted yes
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- 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
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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