Senate roll call 285 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1950
HR 4567. Committee amend. Redefining "displaced persons" by including expellees or refugees of german ethnic origin.
On Apr 5, 1950, the Senate voted 37–48 (HR 4567). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–30, Republicans 18–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 37 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
- 37
- No
- 48
- Date
- Apr 5, 1950
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 30 no
- Republicans18 yes · 22 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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