Senate roll call 218 · 81st Congress · Oct 11, 1949
HR 5345. Williams amend. To the committee amend. Striking provision holding price support on basic agriculture commodities to a level of 90% of parity, and pro
On Oct 11, 1949, the Senate voted 20–54 (HR 5345). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–48, Republicans 25–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 54
- Date
- Oct 11, 1949
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 48 no
- Republicans25 yes · 15 no
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
H.R. 5345: To amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor 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
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- 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
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- 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
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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