Senate roll call 191 · 81st Congress · Sep 15, 1949
HR 1211. Passage.
On Sep 15, 1949, the Senate voted 62–19 (HR 1211). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–2, Republicans 22–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 62
- No
- 19
- Date
- Sep 15, 1949
By party
- Democrats51 yes · 2 no
- Republicans22 yes · 21 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.