Senate roll call 121 · 80th Congress · Jul 24, 1947
S RES 150. Ferguson motion to table george motion to postpone till jan. 3, the further consideration of wherry motion to proceed to the consideration of the re
On Jul 24, 1947, the Senate voted 45–30 (SRE 150). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 51–0, Democrats 0–44. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 80th Congress (1947–1948), Harry S. Truman was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 24, 1947
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 44 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans51 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George 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
- 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
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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