On motion to adjourn. Report.

On May 6, 1950, the House voted 98–170. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–117, Republicans 64–53. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 87 members voted against their own party.

During the 81st Congress (1949–1950), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 98
No: 170
Did not vote: 15
Date: May 6, 1950

By party

Democrats34 yes · 117 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans64 yes · 53 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George William Andrews D-AL voted yes
Samuel Francis Hobbs D-AL voted yes
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL voted yes
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA voted no
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted no
John Phillips R-CA voted no
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL voted yes
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted yes
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Carl Vinson D-GA voted yes
John Stephens Wood D-GA voted yes
Paul Brown D-GA voted yes
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA voted yes
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted yes
Asa Leonard Allen D-LA voted yes
Donald William Nicholson R-MA voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI voted no
Albert Joseph Engel R-MI voted no
Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN voted no
George Henry Christopher D-MO voted yes
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted yes
John Bell Williams D-MS voted yes
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
John Hosea Kerr D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Durham D-NC voted yes
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
William Lemke R-ND voted no
Karl Stefan R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ voted yes
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted no
William Sterling Cole R-NY voted no
Charles Henry Elston R-OH voted no
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted no
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA voted no
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA voted no
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC voted yes
James Butler Hare D-SC voted yes
Dayton Edward Phillips R-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Olin Earl Teague D-TX voted yes
Albert Thomas D-TX voted yes
Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX voted yes
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Howard Worth Smith D-VA voted yes
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no

And 7 more.

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “On motion to adjourn. Report.: House Vote, May 6, 1950,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/81-H-181/on-motion-to-adjourn-report (accessed 2026-10-14).