Senate roll call 277 · 81st Congress · Mar 29, 1950
S 1498. Amend the natural gas act. Douglas motion to recommit to committee on interstate and foreign commerce.
On Mar 29, 1950, the Senate voted 37–45 (S 1498). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 20–32, Republicans 24–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 37
- No
- 45
- Date
- Mar 29, 1950
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 32 no
- Republicans24 yes · 18 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Harry Darby R-KS voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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