Senate roll call 160 · 81st Congress · Aug 17, 1949
S RES 155. Resolution disapproving reorganization plan no. 7, transferring the public roads admin. From the fed. Works agency to the dept. Of commerce.
On Aug 17, 1949, the Senate voted 40–47 (SRE 155). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–25, Republicans 14–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 39 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
- 40
- No
- 47
- Date
- Aug 17, 1949
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 25 no
- Republicans14 yes · 24 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges 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 Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- George David Aiken R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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