Senate roll call 394 · 81st Congress · Aug 3, 1950
HR 7786. O'mahoney amend. Directing Senate and house appropriations committees to make joint study and report recommendations by aug. 31, 1951, as to what redu
On Aug 3, 1950, the Senate voted 25–60 (HR 7786). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–24, Republicans 1–40. 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
- 25
- No
- 60
- Date
- Aug 3, 1950
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 24 no
- Republicans1 yes · 40 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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