S RES 58. Wherry amend. To create a select committee on small business w/out legislative jurisdiction, to be appointed at the commencement of each Congress.

On Feb 20, 1950, the Senate voted 56–26 (SRE 58). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–22, Republicans 33–5. 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: 56
No: 26
Date: Feb 20, 1950

By party

Democrats28 yes · 22 no
Republicans33 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
John William Bricker R-OH voted no
Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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