Senate roll call 46 · 81st Congress · Apr 6, 1949
S 1209. Fulbright amend. Authorizing the administrator to set aside a portion of the authorized appropriation and giving him discretionary powers to use such f
On Apr 6, 1949, the Senate voted 23–59 (S 1209). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–38, Republicans 15–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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
- 23
- No
- 59
- Date
- Apr 6, 1949
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 38 no
- Republicans15 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
The bill
S. 1209: A bill to amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders 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
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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