Senate roll call 426 · 81st Congress · Sep 1, 1950
HR 8920. Humphrey amend. Eliminating provision reducing holding period for long-term capital gains from 6 to 3 months.
On Sep 1, 1950, the Senate voted 37–24 (HR 8920). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–14, Republicans 12–13. 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
- 37
- No
- 24
- Date
- Sep 1, 1950
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 14 no
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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