Senate roll call 192 · 80th Congress · May 27, 1948
S RES 245. Resolution providing for investigation of voice of america. Appeal from decision of the chair referring resolution to committee on expenditures in
On May 27, 1948, the Senate voted 34–39 (SRE 245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 29–12, Democrats 5–29. 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
- 34
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 27, 1948
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 29 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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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