Senate roll call 185 · 80th Congress · May 19, 1948
HR 5524. Appropriations for the civil functions administered by the dept. Of the army. Reed motion to recommit with instructions.
On May 19, 1948, the Senate voted 18–55 (HR 5524). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–26, Democrats 1–41. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 18
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 19, 1948
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Arthur Capper R-KS voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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