Senate roll call 403 · 81st Congress · Aug 4, 1950
HR 7786. Knowland motion to table humphrey motion to reconsider vote on magnuson amend. Concerning mental health and cancer funds.
On Aug 4, 1950, the Senate voted 37–32 (HR 7786). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–31, Republicans 22–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 32
- Date
- Aug 4, 1950
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 31 no
- Republicans22 yes · 10 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken 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
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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