Senate roll call 175 · 81st Congress · Aug 30, 1949
S 653. Holland amend. To the committee amend. Striking out and inserting language in the act, exempting from the 75 an hour minimum wage standard employees of
On Aug 30, 1949, the Senate voted 50–23 (S 653). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–22, Republicans 34–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 23
- Date
- Aug 30, 1949
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 22 no
- Republicans34 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted no
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- 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 Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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