Senate roll call 45 · 80th Congress · May 5, 1947
HR 2700. Appropriations for the dept. Of labor, the fed. Security agency, and related independent agencies. MC carran amend; to increase to the amount of the b
On May 5, 1947, the Senate voted 23–57 (HR 2700). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–45, Democrats 24–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 23
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 5, 1947
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 45 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- 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
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harlan John Bushfield R-SD
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY
Voted present
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Carl Atwood Hatch D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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