Senate roll call 121 · 81st Congress · Jun 28, 1949
S 249. Taft substitute amend. Empowering the pres. To prohibit a strike or lock-out and permit a 60-day gov't seizure and control of any industry upon his deci
On Jun 28, 1949, the Senate voted 50–40 (S 249). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–36, Republicans 33–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 50
- No
- 40
- Date
- Jun 28, 1949
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 36 no
- Republicans33 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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