Senate roll call 42 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1949
S 1209. Ellender amend. To prohibit the admin. From using any portion of the local-currency counterpart funds to retire the national debts or pay the interest
On Apr 5, 1949, the Senate voted 27–55 (S 1209). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–43, Republicans 20–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 27
- No
- 55
- Date
- Apr 5, 1949
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 43 no
- Republicans20 yes · 18 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
S. 1209: A bill to amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- 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 Bricker R-OH
- 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
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson 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
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart 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
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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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