Senate roll call 105 · 79th Congress · Dec 15, 1945
HR 4805. Committee amends. Providing for construction of certain projects under central valley authority, calif.
On Dec 15, 1945, the Senate voted 27–38 (HR 4805). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–35, Republicans 24–4, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 27
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Dec 15, 1945
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 35 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Joseph F. Guffey D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
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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