Senate roll call 52 · 81st Congress · Apr 8, 1949
S 1209. On MC carran amend. Requiring that marine insurance bought w/U.S. Dollars shall be on a competitive basis.
On Apr 8, 1949, the Senate voted 59–22 (S 1209). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 33–15, Republicans 28–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 59
- No
- 22
- Date
- Apr 8, 1949
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 15 no
- Republicans28 yes · 9 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
S. 1209: A bill to amend the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- 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 Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis John Myers D-PA
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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