Senate roll call 100 · 80th Congress · Jul 14, 1947
HR 3950. MC clellan amend. To permit splitting of income of husband and wife in making returns.
On Jul 14, 1947, the Senate voted 40–52 (HR 3950). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–40, Democrats 31–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.
During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 14, 1947
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 40 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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