Senate roll call 370 · 81st Congress · Jul 12, 1950
HR 7786. Appropriations for the support of the gov't. Ellender amend. Providing $10,000 for further study of construction of new Senate office building and to
On Jul 12, 1950, the Senate voted 32–46 (HR 7786). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–25, Republicans 14–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 32 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
- 32
- No
- 46
- Date
- Jul 12, 1950
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 25 no
- Republicans14 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
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
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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