Senate roll call 140 · 81st Congress · Jul 28, 1949
HR 4177. Committee amend. Increasing funds for federal-aid postwar highways by $16,509,000.
On Jul 28, 1949, the Senate voted 61–20 (HR 4177). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–4, Republicans 22–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 61
- No
- 20
- Date
- Jul 28, 1949
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 4 no
- Republicans22 yes · 16 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
- 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
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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