Senate roll call 106 · 80th Congress · Jul 15, 1947
HR 1394. Provide increased subsistence allowance to veterans pursuing certain courses under servicemen's readjustment act of 1944. Brewster motion to adjourn.
On Jul 15, 1947, the Senate voted 35–29 (HR 1394). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–4, Democrats 0–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 35
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 15, 1947
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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