Senate roll call 240 · 81st Congress · Feb 1, 1950
S J RES 2. Mundt amend. Providing that in determining total electoral votes received by each candidate for pres., only computations of two candidates in each s
On Feb 1, 1950, the Senate voted 23–67 (SJRE 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–51, Republicans 23–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 23
- No
- 67
- Date
- Feb 1, 1950
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 51 no
- Republicans23 yes · 19 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy 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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- 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
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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