Senate roll call 371 · 81st Congress · Jul 12, 1950
HR 7786. Modifier committee amend. Providing $10,000,000 for construction of new Senate office building.
On Jul 12, 1950, the Senate voted 35–42 (HR 7786). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–23, Republicans 15–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 35
- No
- 42
- Date
- Jul 12, 1950
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 23 no
- Republicans15 yes · 19 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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