Senate roll call 98 · 81st Congress · May 18, 1949
HR 3997. Appropriations for the dept. Of agriculture. Long amend. Proposing an authorization of $100,000,000 to carry out the school-lunch provisions of the b
On May 18, 1949, the Senate voted 14–60 (HR 3997). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–31, Republicans 3–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 60
- Date
- May 18, 1949
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 31 no
- Republicans3 yes · 29 no
Who broke with their party
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
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
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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