Senate roll call 69 · 81st Congress · Apr 21, 1949
S 1070. Cain amend. Stipulating that, w/exception of veterans and servicemen, eligibility for tenancy in low-income housing shall be based upon certification b
On Apr 21, 1949, the Senate voted 10–65 (S 1070). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–44, Republicans 10–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 65
- Date
- Apr 21, 1949
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 44 no
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no
Who broke with their party
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John James Williams R-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson 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
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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