Senate roll call 82 · 81st Congress · May 4, 1949
S 246. Tydings amend. Striking provisions for minimum payment of $5 per pupil.
On May 4, 1949, the Senate voted 17–57 (S 246). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–46, Republicans 12–25. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 17
- No
- 57
- Date
- May 4, 1949
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 46 no
- Republicans12 yes · 25 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Clyde Martin Reed R-KS
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Sheridan Downey D-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Raymond Earl Baldwin R-CT
- Claude Denson Pepper D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Frank Porter Graham D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
- John Chandler (Chan) Gurney R-SD
- 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
- 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
- William Benton D-CT
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Harry Darby R-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Joseph Melville Broughton D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- John Foster Dulles R-NY
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Edward Laurence Leahy D-RI
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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