Senate roll call 134 · 80th Congress · Dec 16, 1947
HR 4469. Commission on organization of the executive branch. Adoption of conference report.
On Dec 16, 1947, the Senate voted 51–26 (HR 4469). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 50–1, Democrats 9–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 51
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Dec 16, 1947
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 25 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans50 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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