Senate roll call 204 · 81st Congress · Sep 28, 1949
HR 1689. Sparkman amend. To substitute providing for the addition to two legislative assistants to the pres.' staff, at rates not to exceed $12,500 per annum.
On Sep 28, 1949, the Senate voted 28–26 (HR 1689). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–10, Republicans 8–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 26
- Date
- Sep 28, 1949
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 10 no
- Republicans8 yes · 16 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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