Senate roll call 221 · 81st Congress · Oct 12, 1949
S 2319. Aid to the republic of korea. Passage.
On Oct 12, 1949, the Senate voted 48–13 (S 2319). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–7, Republicans 26–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 48
- No
- 13
- Date
- Oct 12, 1949
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 7 no
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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