Senate roll call 432 · 81st Congress · Sep 13, 1950
Nomination of WM. O'dwyer to be ambassador to mexico. Ives (r. NY) motion to defer further consideration till sept. 20. (p. 237).
On Sep 13, 1950, the Senate voted 25–36. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–42, Republicans 25–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 25
- No
- 36
- Date
- Sep 13, 1950
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 42 no
- Republicans25 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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