Senate roll call 107 · 81st Congress · May 26, 1949
S 1843. Convert the national military establishment in an ex. Dept. Of gov't; provided the SEC. Of defense w/appropriate responsibility and authority. Morse a
On May 26, 1949, the Senate voted 13–63 (S 1843). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–41, Republicans 11–26. 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
- 13
- No
- 63
- Date
- May 26, 1949
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 41 no
- Republicans11 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- 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
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith 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 Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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