Senate roll call 272 · 81st Congress · Mar 15, 1950
S 2246. Long amend. Respecting the percentage of the valuation of property in issuing mortgage insurance.
On Mar 15, 1950, the Senate voted 61–21 (S 2246). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–9, Republicans 27–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 61
- No
- 21
- Date
- Mar 15, 1950
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 9 no
- Republicans27 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
S. 2246: A bill to amend the National Housing Act, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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