Senate roll call 143 · 81st Congress · Aug 1, 1949
HR 4177. Williams amend. To the committee amend, reducing the appropriation for the U.S. Maritime commission to pay salaries and expenses.
On Aug 1, 1949, the Senate voted 30–56 (HR 4177). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–46, Republicans 30–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 30
- No
- 56
- Date
- Aug 1, 1949
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 46 no
- Republicans30 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken 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
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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