Senate roll call 175 · 80th Congress · Apr 8, 1948
HR 3484. Transfer the remount service from the war dept. To the dept. Of agriculture. Thomas (oka.) motion to refer to the agriculture and forestry committee.
On Apr 8, 1948, the Senate voted 23–44 (HR 3484). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–35, Democrats 17–11. 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
- 23
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Apr 8, 1948
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 3484: To transfer the Remount Service from the War Department to the Department of Agriculture
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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