Senate roll call 59 · 81st Congress · Apr 13, 1949
HR 1757. Amend and extend the provisions of the d.c. Emergency rent act. On adoption of conference report.
On Apr 13, 1949, the Senate voted 40–23 (HR 1757). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–0, Republicans 4–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 40
- No
- 23
- Date
- Apr 13, 1949
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 0 no
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no
Who broke with their party
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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