Senate roll call 452 · 81st Congress · Dec 17, 1950
S J RES. 207. Passage.
On Dec 17, 1950, the Senate voted 55–28 (SJRE 207). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–2, Republicans 13–27. 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
- 55
- No
- 28
- Date
- Dec 17, 1950
By party
- Democrats48 yes · 2 no
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no
Who broke with their party
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.