To refer S. 575 to the committee on civil service.

On Jun 14, 1943, the Senate voted 22–47 (S 575). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–35, Republicans 16–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: 22
No: 47
Did not vote: 27
Date: Jun 14, 1943

By party

Democrats8 yes · 35 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted yes
Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA voted no
John Anthony Danaher R-CT voted no
Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted no
Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
William Warren Barbour R-NJ voted no
Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted yes
James Michael Mead D-NY voted yes
Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted no
Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR voted no
Harlan John Bushfield R-SD voted no
John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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