Senate roll call 101 · 81st Congress · May 20, 1949
HR 3734. Appropriations for civil functions administered by the dept. Of the army. Butler motion to table douglas substitute motion, to recommit with instruct
On May 20, 1949, the Senate voted 59–15 (HR 3734). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–2, Republicans 21–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 59
- No
- 15
- Date
- May 20, 1949
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 2 no
- Republicans21 yes · 13 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- 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
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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
- 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
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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 Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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