Senate roll call 295 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1950
HR 4567. Humphrey motion to reconsider his amend. Admitting for adoption 20,000 war orphans under special nonquota immigration visas.
On Apr 5, 1950, the Senate voted 42–32 (HR 4567). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–8, Republicans 12–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 42
- No
- 32
- Date
- Apr 5, 1950
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 8 no
- Republicans12 yes · 27 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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 Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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