Senate roll call 246 · 81st Congress · Feb 20, 1950
S RES 58. Murray amend. To create a special committee on small business with legislative jurisdiction, to continue during the 81st and 82nd congresses.
On Feb 20, 1950, the Senate voted 31–51 (SRE 58). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 31–18, Republicans 2–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 31
- No
- 51
- Date
- Feb 20, 1950
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 18 no
- Republicans2 yes · 36 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Sheridan Downey D-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- 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
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- 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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