Senate roll call 168 · 81st Congress · Aug 26, 1949
HR 4146. Appropriations for the national security council, the national security resources board, and for military functions administered by the national milit
On Aug 26, 1949, the Senate voted 49–9 (HR 4146). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–8, Republicans 25–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 49
- No
- 9
- Date
- Aug 26, 1949
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 8 no
- Republicans25 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed 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
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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