Senate roll call 305 · 81st Congress · Apr 17, 1950
HR 5472. Chavez motion to table douglas amend. To eliminate authorization for missouri river basin.
On Apr 17, 1950, the Senate voted 50–16 (HR 5472). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–6, Republicans 20–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 50
- No
- 16
- Date
- Apr 17, 1950
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 6 no
- Republicans20 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Voted present
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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