Senate roll call 20 · 81st Congress · Mar 17, 1949
S RES 15. On MC donnell amend. To wherry substitute amend. Providing that cloture may be applied to a motion to approve or amend the journal.
On Mar 17, 1949, the Senate voted 14–72 (SRE 15). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–44, Republicans 9–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 14
- No
- 72
- Date
- Mar 17, 1949
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 44 no
- Republicans9 yes · 33 no
Who broke with their party
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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