Senate roll call 29 · 80th Congress · Mar 27, 1947
S J RES 58. Tobey amend. Providing for allocation of sugar.
On Mar 27, 1947, the Senate voted 49–32 (SJRE 58). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–31, Democrats 39–1. 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
- 49
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Mar 27, 1947
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 31 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland 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
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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