Senate roll call 294 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1950
HR 4567. Cain amend. Setting back cut-off date from which eligibility of displaced persons may be determined.
On Apr 5, 1950, the Senate voted 35–43 (HR 4567). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–32, Republicans 22–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 35
- No
- 43
- Date
- Apr 5, 1950
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 32 no
- Republicans22 yes · 17 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy 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
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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