Senate roll call 388 · 81st Congress · Aug 3, 1950
HR 7786. Magnuson amend. To increase by $64,000,000 funds for national institute of health to be allocated to national cancer institute, mental health activiti
On Aug 3, 1950, the Senate voted 36–48 (HR 7786). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 29–23, Republicans 13–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 36 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
- 36
- No
- 48
- Date
- Aug 3, 1950
By party
- Democrats29 yes · 23 no
- Republicans13 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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