Senate roll call 82 · 79th Congress · Sep 28, 1945
S 380. Hickenlooper amend. To prevent competition by gov't w/private enterprise.
On Sep 28, 1945, the Senate voted 30–49 (S 380). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–41, Republicans 25–9, 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
- 30
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Sep 28, 1945
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 41 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson 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
- George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Harold Hitz Burton R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Peter Goelet Gerry D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Henrik Shipstead R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- 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
- Edward Peter Carville D-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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
Voted present
- Thomas Charles Hart R-CT
- Charles Oscar Andrews D-FL
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Albert Benjamin (Happy) Chandler D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D-MS
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Carter Glass D-VA
Did not vote
- George Robinson Swift D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Hiram Warren Johnson 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
- James Graves Scrugham 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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