Senate roll call 263 · 81st Congress · Feb 27, 1950
H J RES 398. Johnson (colo.) amend. To provide for the farm acreage allotment of wheat for the 1951 crop.
On Feb 27, 1950, the Senate voted 49–24 (HJRE 398). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–11, Republicans 16–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 49
- No
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1950
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 11 no
- Republicans16 yes · 19 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
Other votes
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