Senate roll call 214 · 81st Congress · Oct 7, 1949
HR 5345. Amend the agricultural adjustment act of 1938. Chapman amend. To the committee amend. Establishing limitations in reduction of farm-acreage allotments
On Oct 7, 1949, the Senate voted 22–51 (HR 5345). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–27, Republicans 6–29. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 22
- No
- 51
- Date
- Oct 7, 1949
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 27 no
- Republicans6 yes · 29 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
H.R. 5345: To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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