Senate roll call 217 · 81st Congress · Oct 11, 1949
HR 5345. Anderson motion to reconsider adopting amend providing that, for the purpose of enabling new home-steaders to produce one cash crop, the SEC. Of ag. B
On Oct 11, 1949, the Senate voted 42–27 (HR 5345). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–15, Republicans 24–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 42
- No
- 27
- Date
- Oct 11, 1949
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 15 no
- Republicans24 yes · 12 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 5345: To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- 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
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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