Senate roll call 37 · 78th Congress · May 27, 1943
To amend H.R. 1762, independent offices appropriations, by restoring the $534,000 appropriation for the national resources planning board.
On May 27, 1943, the Senate voted 31–43 (HR 1762). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 30–18, Republicans 4–30, Others 1–0. 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
- 31
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 27, 1943
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 30 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN voted no
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Ellison DuRant Smith 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- 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
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney 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
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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