Senate roll call 345 · 81st Congress · Jun 6, 1950
HR 6567. Aiken amend. Providing for charitable distribution of certain surplus perishable commodities and certain mexican meat products held by commodity credi
On Jun 6, 1950, the Senate voted 20–37 (HR 6567). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–31, Republicans 17–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 37
- Date
- Jun 6, 1950
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 31 no
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
The bill
H.R. 6567: To increase the borrowing power of Commodity Credit Corporation
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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