Senate roll call 54 · 80th Congress · May 9, 1947
S 1126. Ball amend. To strike provisions legalizing contracts between employers and labor organizations making memberships in unions a condition of employment.
On May 9, 1947, the Senate voted 21–57 (S 1126). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–30, Democrats 8–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 21
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 9, 1947
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 30 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- George Allison Wilson R-IA voted yes
- John Holmes Overton D-LA voted yes
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Edward Vivian Robertson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Clayton Douglass Buck R-DE
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- George Allison Wilson R-IA
- John Holmes Overton D-LA
- Joseph Hurst Ball R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Albert Wahl Hawkes R-NJ
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Hall Moore R-OK
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Thomas Stewart D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wilbert Lee (Pappy) O'Daniel D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Charles Wayland Brooks R-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Bradley Umstead D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- William Chapman Revercomb R-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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