Senate roll call 418 · 81st Congress · Aug 22, 1950
HR 7941. Byrd amend. Reducing by $12.5 funds for urban highways.
On Aug 22, 1950, the Senate voted 50–32 (HR 7941). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–32, Republicans 32–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 32
- Date
- Aug 22, 1950
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 32 no
- Republicans32 yes · 5 no
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE 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
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL voted yes
- Harry Darby R-KS voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Francis John Myers D-PA voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- 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
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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