Senate roll call 198 · 81st Congress · Sep 22, 1949
HR 5895. Passage.
On Sep 22, 1949, the Senate voted 55–24 (HR 5895). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–11, Republicans 23–17. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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
- 55
- No
- 24
- Date
- Sep 22, 1949
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 11 no
- Republicans23 yes · 17 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders 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
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.