Senate roll call 149 · 81st Congress · Aug 3, 1949
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On Aug 3, 1949, the Senate voted 52–32 (HR 4830). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–12, Republicans 18–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 52
- No
- 32
- Date
- Aug 3, 1949
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 12 no
- Republicans18 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- John Foster Dulles R-NY voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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