HR 3240. O'daniel amend. To require Senate ratification of any foreign trade agreement.

On Jun 20, 1945, the Senate voted 20–55 (HR 3240). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–42, Republicans 17–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 20
No: 55
Did not vote: 13
Date: Jun 20, 1945

By party

Democrats6 yes · 42 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans17 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
George Allison Wilson R-IA voted no
Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted no
Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT voted yes
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
Harold Hitz Burton R-OH voted no
Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
George David Aiken R-VT voted no
Warren Robinson Austin R-VT voted no
Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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