Senate roll call 265 · 81st Congress · Feb 27, 1950
H J RES 398. Passage.
On Feb 27, 1950, the Senate voted 53–24 (HJRE 398). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–1, Republicans 13–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 53
- No
- 24
- Date
- Feb 27, 1950
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 1 no
- Republicans13 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.