Senate roll call 97 · 81st Congress · May 17, 1949
HR 3333. Taft motion to recommit with instructions to provide for an aggregate reduction of 5%.
On May 17, 1949, the Senate voted 41–43 (HR 3333). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–44, Republicans 39–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 41
- No
- 43
- Date
- May 17, 1949
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 44 no
- Republicans39 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse 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
- 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
- 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
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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