Senate roll call 223 · 80th Congress · Jun 14, 1948
H J RES 296. Joint resolution to maintain the status quo in respect of certain employment taxes and social-security benefits pending action by Congress. Passa
On Jun 14, 1948, the Senate voted 65–12 (HJRE 296). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–2, Democrats 31–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 65
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 14, 1948
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans42 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Alben William Barkley D-KY voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM voted no
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- William Crosson Feazel D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. 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
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- 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
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- William Langer R-ND
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
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