Senate roll call 104 · 79th Congress · Dec 14, 1945
HR 4805. Bankhead amend. Increasing congressional salaries to $13,300, and compensation of speaker and vice President $19,950.
On Dec 14, 1945, the Senate voted 23–45 (HR 4805). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–21, Republicans 3–26, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 79th Congress (1945–1946), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 23
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Dec 14, 1945
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV voted no
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- 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
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Carter Glass D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- John Thomas R-ID
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- John Moses D-ND
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Thomas Granville Burch D-VA
- Monrad Charles Wallgren D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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