Senate roll call 45 · 81st Congress · Apr 5, 1949
S 1209. MC carthy amend. Authorizing the administrator to assign a liaison officer to any participating country or subdivision receiving more than $5,000,000 a
On Apr 5, 1949, the Senate voted 33–45 (S 1209). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–40, Republicans 29–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 33
- No
- 45
- Date
- Apr 5, 1949
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 40 no
- Republicans29 yes · 10 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
S. 1209: A bill to amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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