Senate roll call 296 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1950
HR 4567. Chavez amend. To include as "eligible displaced persons" political refugees of spain who on dec. 1, 1948, were in french territory.
On Apr 5, 1950, the Senate voted 34–40 (HR 4567). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–35, Democrats 31–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 34
- No
- 40
- Date
- Apr 5, 1950
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 8 no
- Republicans5 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- William Langer R-ND 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- 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
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- 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
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “HR 4567. Chavez amend. To include as…: Senate Vote, Apr 5, 1950,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/81-S-296/hr-4567-chavez-amend-to-include-as-eligible-displaced (accessed 2026-10-16).