Senate roll call 167 · 81st Congress · Aug 24, 1949
H CON RES 129. On agreement to resolution.
On Aug 24, 1949, the Senate voted 25–58 (HCRE 129). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–22, Republicans 1–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 25
- No
- 58
- Date
- Aug 24, 1949
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 22 no
- Republicans1 yes · 36 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- 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
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
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