Senate roll call 142 · 80th Congress · Feb 24, 1948
S 2182. Sparkman amend. Authorizing the filing of suits for triple damages against violators of the act.
On Feb 24, 1948, the Senate voted 29–37 (S 2182). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–14, Republicans 11–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 29
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Feb 24, 1948
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 14 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 23 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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