Senate roll call 93 · 81st Congress · May 16, 1949
HR 3704. Johnston (SC) amend. Striking all d.c. Sales-tax provisions from the bill.
On May 16, 1949, the Senate voted 23–43 (HR 3704). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–22, Republicans 11–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 43
- Date
- May 16, 1949
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 22 no
- Republicans11 yes · 25 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 3704: To provide additional revenue for the District. of Columbia
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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