Senate roll call 421 · 81st Congress · Aug 31, 1950
HR 87. Promotion of veterans in world war II in the field service of the post office dept. Passage over the pres.'s veto. Failed.
On Aug 31, 1950, the Senate voted 48–29 (HR 87). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–23, Republicans 32–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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
- 48
- No
- 29
- Date
- Aug 31, 1950
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 23 no
- Republicans32 yes · 7 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- 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
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Other votes
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