Senate roll call 108 · 81st Congress · May 26, 1949
S 1843. Morse amend. To drop the title "secretary" to designate the heads of the army, navy, and air force, each thereafter the title "under secretary of defen
On May 26, 1949, the Senate voted 21–45 (S 1843). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–33, Republicans 17–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 21
- No
- 45
- Date
- May 26, 1949
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 33 no
- Republicans17 yes · 18 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- William Langer R-ND
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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