Senate roll call 171 · 80th Congress · Apr 6, 1948
S 1481. Authorize the board of commissioners of d.c. To establish day-light saving time. Overton amend. Providing for a referendum.
On Apr 6, 1948, the Senate voted 16–47 (S 1481). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–35, Democrats 16–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 16
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Apr 6, 1948
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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