Senate roll call 17 · 79th Congress · Mar 23, 1945
Nomination of aubrey williams to be administrator of the REA.
On Mar 23, 1945, the Senate voted 36–52. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–19, Republicans 5–35, Others 1–0. 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), Franklin D. Roosevelt was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 23, 1945
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-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
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Frank Parks Briggs D-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- James Michael Mead D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (Abe) D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. O-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- 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
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- James Graves Scrugham D-NV
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Francis Thomas Maloney D-CT
- Charles Clinton Gossett D-ID
- William Abner Stanfill R-KY
- Harry S. Truman D-MO
- John Moses D-ND
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- James Wylie Huffman D-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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