Senate roll call 360 · 81st Congress · Jun 21, 1950
HR 6826. Extension of selective service manpower registration act. Amend. To eliminate a committee amend. Which would give option to enlistee to serve in a UN
On Jun 21, 1950, the Senate voted 42–29 (HR 6826). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–28, Republicans 31–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 29
- Date
- Jun 21, 1950
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 28 no
- Republicans31 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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