Senate roll call 243 · 80th Congress · Aug 6, 1948
HR 6959. Amend the national housing act. MC carthy substitute amend. In the nature of a substitute bill.
On Aug 6, 1948, the Senate voted 48–36 (HR 6959). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–12, Democrats 13–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 48
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Aug 6, 1948
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 29 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans38 yes · 12 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
H.R. 6959: To amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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