Senate roll call 64 · 81st Congress · Apr 21, 1949
S 1070. Bricker amend. Pfohibiting the housing authority from authorizing contracts on low-income housing initiated after march 1, 1949, until funds have been
On Apr 21, 1949, the Senate voted 24–55 (S 1070). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–43, Republicans 18–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 24
- No
- 55
- Date
- Apr 21, 1949
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 43 no
- Republicans18 yes · 19 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Forrest C. Donnell R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Bert Henry Miller D-ID
- Glen Hearst Taylor D-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Scott Wike Lucas D-IL
- Garrett Lee Withers 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-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
- James Howard Mcgrath D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Elbert Duncan Thomas D-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- 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
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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