Senate roll call 35 · 81st Congress · Mar 23, 1949
HR 1731. Cordon amend. To committee amend. Providing that upon filing of a complaint by a landlord stating his request for rental adjustment to the housing exp
On Mar 23, 1949, the Senate voted 20–59 (HR 1731). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–48, Republicans 23–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 59
- Date
- Mar 23, 1949
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 48 no
- Republicans23 yes · 17 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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