Senate roll call 231 · 81st Congress · Jan 18, 1950
HR 2023. Fulbright motion to table langer amend. Relating to the poll tax.
On Jan 18, 1950, the Senate voted 59–17 (HR 2023). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 53–0, Republicans 18–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 59
- No
- 17
- Date
- Jan 18, 1950
By party
- Democrats53 yes · 0 no
- Republicans18 yes · 20 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-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
- 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
- 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
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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