Senate roll call 71 · 78th Congress · Jun 30, 1943
To amend H.R. 2938, appropriations for war agencies in the executive office, by increasing the appropriations for the motion picture bureau, the book and magaz
On Jun 30, 1943, the Senate voted 34–40 (HR 2938). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–15, Republicans 3–25, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 34
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 30, 1943
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 25 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Frederick Van Nuys D-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Homer Truett Bone D-WA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John Anthony Danaher R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed 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
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Rufus Cecil Holman R-OR
- James John Davis R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- David Worth Clark D-ID
- John Thomas R-ID
- Samuel Dillon Jackson D-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Sinclair Weeks R-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Arthur Walsh D-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Wilton Earle Hall D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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