Senate roll call 115 · 79th Congress · Feb 26, 1946
S 962. Assistance to the states for school lunch programs. Taft amend. Reducing yearly authorized appropriation from $100,000,000 to $57,500,000.
On Feb 26, 1946, the Senate voted 21–50 (S 962). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–46, Republicans 17–11, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 21
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 26, 1946
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 46 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted no
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- James Miller Tunnell D-DE
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- James Wylie Huffman D-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Raymond Eugene Willis R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
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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