Senate roll call 54 · 81st Congress · Apr 8, 1949
S 1209. On gillette amend. Requiring that 15% of all corn produced in the U.S. For transfer under economic cooperation admin. Shall be in the form of corn grit
On Apr 8, 1949, the Senate voted 44–35 (S 1209). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–24, Republicans 24–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 44
- No
- 35
- Date
- Apr 8, 1949
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 24 no
- Republicans24 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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