Senate roll call 178 · 81st Congress · Aug 31, 1949
S 653. Fulbright amend. To the committee amend. Proposing the establishment of a minimum wage of not less than 75 an hour in plants employing more than 50, and
On Aug 31, 1949, the Senate voted 20–54 (S 653). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–32, Republicans 6–30. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 20
- No
- 54
- Date
- Aug 31, 1949
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 32 no
- Republicans6 yes · 30 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Bert Henry Miller 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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