Senate roll call 379 · 81st Congress · Jul 25, 1950
HR 7786. Douglas motion to reconsider amend. Relating to U.S. Maritime comm.
On Jul 25, 1950, the Senate voted 34–32 (HR 7786). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 6–28, Republicans 28–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 34
- No
- 32
- Date
- Jul 25, 1950
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 28 no
- Republicans28 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-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
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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