Senate roll call 193 · 81st Congress · Sep 16, 1949
Nomination of carl ilgenfritz to be chairman of munitions board.
On Sep 16, 1949, the Senate voted 28–40. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–23, Republicans 12–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 29 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
- 28
- No
- 40
- Date
- Sep 16, 1949
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 23 no
- Republicans12 yes · 23 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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