Senate roll call 238 · 81st Congress · Feb 1, 1950
S J RES 2. Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution providing for the election of President and vice-pres. Langer substitute amend.
On Feb 1, 1950, the Senate voted 31–60 (SJRE 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–39, Republicans 21–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 31
- No
- 60
- Date
- Feb 1, 1950
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 39 no
- Republicans21 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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