Senate roll call 332 · 81st Congress · May 17, 1950
S RES 253. Resolution disapproving reorganization plan no. 7.
On May 17, 1950, the Senate voted 66–13 (SRE 253). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–12, Republicans 35–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 66
- No
- 13
- Date
- May 17, 1950
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 12 no
- Republicans35 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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 Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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