Senate roll call 428 · 81st Congress · Sep 12, 1950
S 4037. Lucas amend. Adding detention provisions.
On Sep 12, 1950, the Senate voted 35–37 (S 4037). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–10, Republicans 3–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 37
- Date
- Sep 12, 1950
By party
- Democrats34 yes · 10 no
- Republicans3 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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