Senate roll call 199 · 81st Congress · Sep 26, 1949
HR 5007. Provide pay, allowances, and physical-disability retirement for members of the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast guard, and geodetic survey,
On Sep 26, 1949, the Senate voted 50–15 (HR 5007). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–13, Republicans 26–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 15
- Date
- Sep 26, 1949
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 13 no
- Republicans26 yes · 3 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted no
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted no
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- 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
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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