Senate roll call 267 · 81st Congress · Mar 9, 1950
HR 7207. Appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending 6/30/1950. O'mahoney amend. Increasing appropriation
On Mar 9, 1950, the Senate voted 44–28 (HR 7207). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–10, Republicans 16–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 44
- No
- 28
- Date
- Mar 9, 1950
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 10 no
- Republicans16 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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