Senate roll call 8 · 81st Congress · Jan 18, 1949
H J RES 85. MC carthy amend. To exempt baby cosmetics and home cooking stoves from excise tax.
On Jan 18, 1949, the Senate voted 28–63 (HJRE 85). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–53, Republicans 28–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 28
- No
- 63
- Date
- Jan 18, 1949
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 53 no
- Republicans28 yes · 14 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George 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
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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