Senate roll call 316 · 81st Congress · May 5, 1950
S 3304. Amend the economic cooperation act of 1948. Kem amend. To reduce by $1,000,000,000 the authorized appropriations.
On May 5, 1950, the Senate voted 17–62 (S 3304). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–46, Republicans 13–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 17
- No
- 62
- Date
- May 5, 1950
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 46 no
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- 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
- 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
- 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 Oliver Eastland 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
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy 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
- 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
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- 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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