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President Harry Truman's Record on Roll Call Votes in the 81st Senate
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This page compiles President Harry Truman's record on U.S. Senate roll call votes. Presidents do not vote in the Senate, but they may show what side they're on. This data is part of a larger project to identify the policy preferences of all U.S. Presidents.
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Vote#Description (Highlights are coding aids) asc / dscBill/ResPres "Vote"Pres NotesMore info 
s81v6ACHESON NOMINATION. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE. CONFIRMED.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v25BOYD NOMINATION. FOR DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF MINES.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v161CLARK NOMINATION TO BE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. CONFIRMED.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v274H J RES 398. JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO COTTON AND PEANUT ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS AND MARKETING QUOTAS UNDER THE AAA OF 1938. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HJRE3981Yea vote
PL 81-471, signed Mar. 31, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v192HR 1036. RELIEF OF R.C. OWEN, ET. AL. PASSAGE OVER PRES.' VETO.HR10366Nay vote
Vetoed, Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v191HR 1211. PASSAGE.HR12111Yea vote
Req 810028
Voteview
 
s81v359HR 1243. AMEND THE HATCH ACT. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR12436Nay vote
Vetoed per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v206HR 1689. PASSAGE.HR16891Yea vote
Req 810029
Voteview
 
s81v38HR 1731. AGREEMENT TO CONFERENCE REPORT.HR17311Yea vote
Req 810007
Voteview
 
s81v37HR 1731. BRICKER MOTION TO RECOMMIT CONFERENCE REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE.HR17316Nay vote
Req 810007
Voteview
 
s81v36HR 1731. PASSAGE.HR17311Yea vote
Req 810007
Voteview
 
s81v59HR 1757. AMEND AND EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE D.C. EMER- GENCY RENT ACT. ON ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR17571Yea vote
PL 81-34, signed Mar. 31, 1949
Voteview
 
s81v266HR 2023. REGULATE OLEOMARGARINE AND REPEAL CERTAIN TAXES RELATING TO OLEOMARGARINE. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR20231Yea vote
Req 810031
Voteview
 
s81v450HR 2734. AMEND THE EXISTING LAWS AGAINST UNLAWFUL RESTRAINTS AND MONOPOLIES. PASSAGE.HR27341Yea vote
Req 810147
Voteview
 
s81v94HR 3704. ON PASSAGE.HR37041Yea vote
PL 81-76, signed May 27, 1949
Voteview
 
s81v165HR 3838. MAGNUSON AMEND. TO PROVIDE THAT THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE BONNEVILLE POWER ADMIN. SHALL INCLUDE FUNDS FOR CON- STRUCTION OF THE KERR-ANACONDA TRANSMISSION FACILITIES.HR38381Yea vote
Req 800026
Voteview
 
s81v244HR 4080. PASSAGE.HR40801Yea vote
PL 81-506, signed May 5, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v301HR 4567. PASSAGE.HR45671Yea vote
Req 810159
Voteview
 
s81v156HR 4830. ON PASSAGE.HR48301Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v199HR 5007. PROVIDE PAY, ALLOWANCES, AND PHYSICAL-DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD, AND GEODETIC SURVEY, ETC. JOHNSON (COLO.) AMEND. WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT DISABILITY RETIRE- MENT PAY AND HR50071Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v343HR 5332. AMEND ACT RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREIGN #NAME? VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO BREAK THE TIE.HR53321Yea vote
PL 81-566, signed June 17, 1950
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s81v315HR 5472. AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND PRESERVA- TION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS FOR NAVI- GATION, FLOOD CONTROL. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR54721Yea vote
PL 81-516, signed May 17, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v198HR 5895. PASSAGE.HR58951Yea vote
Req 810138
Voteview
 
s81v358HR 6000. PASSAGE.HR60001Yea vote
Req 810155
Voteview
 
s81v440HR 6217. PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY FOR VETERANS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, IN THE GRANTING OF OUT-PATIENT TREAT- MENT BY THE VA. PASSAGE OVER THE PRES.' VETO.HR62176Nay vote
Vetoed
Voteview
 
s81v363HR 6567. INCREASE THE BORROWING POWER OF THE COMMODITY CRE- DIT CORP. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT. VICE-PRES. BROKE THE TIE BY VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.HR65671Yea vote
Req 810193
Voteview
 
s81v350HR 6567. PASSAGE.HR65671Yea vote
Req 810193
Voteview
 
s81v346HR 6567. WILLIAMS AMEND. TO INCREASE LENDING POWER OF CCC BY $1,000,000,000 INSTEAD OF $2,000,000,000.HR65676Nay vote
Req 810193
Voteview
 
s81v364HR 6826. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR68261Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v341HR 7797. PROVIDE FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR77971Yea vote
PL 81-535, signed June 5, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v421HR 87. PROMOTION OF VETERANS IN WORLD WAR II IN THE FIELD SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPT. PASSAGE OVER THE PRES.'S VETO. FAILED.HR876Nay vote
Vetoed
Voteview
 
s81v413HR 9176 (SAME AS S 3936) PASSAGE.S39361Yea vote
Req 810261
Voteview
 
s81v444HR 9490. PASSAGE OVER THE PRES.' VETO.HR94906Nay vote
Vetoed, but Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v442HR 9490. PROTECT THE U.S. AGAINST CERTAIN UN-AMERICAN AND SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES BY REQUIRING REGISTRATION OF COMMUNIST ORGANIZATIONS. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.HR94901Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v436HR 9646. AUTHORIZE THE PRES. TO APPOINT GENERAL OF THE ARMY GEORGE MARSHALL TO THE OFFICE OF SEC. OF DEFENSE.HR96461Yea vote
Voteview
 
s81v374MORSE MOTION TO RECOMMIT, PENDING FURTHER HEARINGS, FOUR NOMINATIONS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF EXPORT-IMPORT BANK. (P. 237)SRE1Yea vote
Voteview
 
s81v128NAP. RESOLUTION OF RATIFICATION (2/3 MAJORITY REQUIRED).SRE1Yea vote
Treaty, Req 810096
Voteview
 
s81v193NOMINATION OF CARL ILGENFRITZ TO BE CHAIRMAN OF MUNITIONS BOARD.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v441NOMINATION OF GEORGE MARSHALL TO BE SEC'Y OF DEFENSE. CON- FIRMED.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v194NOMINATION OF JOHN CARSON TO BE A FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v208NOMINATION OF JUDGE MINTON.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v220NOMINATION OF LELAND OLDS TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v404NOMINATION OF MARTIN HUTCHINSON TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FTC (REPORTED UNFAVORABLY BY THE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE).SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v225NOMINATION OF MON C. WALLGREN TO BE A MEMBER OF FED. POWER COMMISSION.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v438NOMINATION OF O'DWYER.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v367NOMINATION OF SUMNER T. PIKE TO BE A MEMBER OF ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v200NOMINATION OF W. WALTON BUTTERWORTH TO BE ASST. SECRETARY OF STATE.SRE1Yea vote
Nominee
Voteview
 
s81v342S 1008. DEFINE THE APPLICATION OF THE FED. TRADE COMMISSION ACT AND THE CLAYTON ACT TO CERTAIN PRICING PRACTICES. ADOP- TION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.S10086Nay vote
Vetoed per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v5S 103. ON PASSAGE.S1031Yea vote
Req 810029
Voteview
 
s81v66S 1070. BRICKER MOTION, STRIKING FROM THE BILL TITLE II-- LOW-INCOME HOUSING SUBSIDY PROVISIONS, AND TITLE IV--FARM HOUSING LOAN PROVISIONS.S10706Nay vote
Req 810025
Voteview
 
s81v74S 1070. ON PASSAGE.S10701Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v55S 1209. ON PASSAGE.S12091Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v369S 1728. PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. MOTION FOR CLOTURE.S17281Yea vote
Req 810200
Voteview
 
s81v334S 1728. PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. LUCAS MOTION ON CLOTURE.S17281Yea vote
Req 810200
Voteview
 
s81v221S 2319. AID TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. PASSAGE.S23191Yea vote
Req 810178, 810110
Voteview
 
s81v86S 246. PASSAGE.S2461Yea vote
Req 810021
Voteview
 
s81v210S 2522. MAGNUSON AMEND. REQUIRING THAT IN THE MAKING OF TREATIES OR FOREIGN TRADE AGREEMENTS, THE U.S. RESERVE THE UNCONDITIONAL RIGHT TO UNILATERALLY IMPOSE THE FEES AND QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS ON IMPORTS OF BASIC FARM COMMODI- TIES UP TO 50%S25221Yea vote
Voteview
 
s81v209S 2522. STABILIZE PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES. YOUNG AMEND. PROVIDING THAT PRICE SUPPORT TO COOPERATERS W/RESPECT TO BASIC AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES ONLY AND REGARD- LESS OF MARKETING PERCENTAGES SHALL BE HELD TO A LEVEL OF 90% OF PARITY DS25221Yea vote
Voteview
 
s81v361S 3181. EXTEND THE HOUSING AND RENT ACT OF 1947. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.S31811Yea vote
Req 810152
Voteview
 
s81v354S 3181. PASSAGE.S31811Yea vote
Req 810152
Voteview
 
s81v353S 3181. WHERRY MOTION TO RECOMMIT.S31816Nay vote
Req 810152
Voteview
 
s81v328S 3304. PASSAGE.S33041Yea vote
PL 81-47, signed April 19, 1949
Voteview
 
s81v365S 3776. AMEND AND EXTEND THE PROVISIONS OF THE D.C. EMER- GENCY ACT. ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.S37761Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v366S 3809. AMEND THE MUTUAL DEFENSE ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1949. PASSAGE.S38091Yea vote
Public law per Congressional Bills Project data
Voteview
 
s81v433S 3906. AMEND THE WAR CONTRACTORS RELIEF ACT. ON PASSAGE OVER PRES.' VETO. FAILED.S39066Nay vote
Vetoed
Voteview
 
s81v431S 4037. PASSAGE.S40371Yea vote
PL 81-831, signed Sept. 23, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v449S 4234. PASSAGE.S42341Yea vote
Req 810269
Voteview
 
s81v106S 900. AMEND THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION CHARTER. ON ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT.S9001Yea vote
Req 800025, 810073
Voteview
 
s81v452S J RES. 207. PASSAGE.SJRE2071Yea vote
PL 81-880, signed Dec. 20, 1950
Voteview
 
s81v158S RES 147. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1, TO CREATE A DEPT. OF WELFARE.SRE1476Nay vote
Req 810112
Voteview
 
s81v20S RES 15. ON MC DONNELL AMEND. TO WHERRY SUBSTITUTE AMEND. PROVIDING THAT CLOTURE MAY BE APPLIED TO A MOTION TO APPROVE OR AMEND THE JOURNAL.SRE151Yea vote
Req 810167
Voteview
 
s81v160S RES 155. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 7, TRANSFERRING THE PUBLIC ROADS ADMIN. FROM THE FED. WORKS AGENCY TO THE DEPT. OF COMMERCE.SRE1556Nay vote
Req 810118
Voteview
 
s81v331S RES 246. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1. PASSAGE.SRE2466Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v330S RES 248. PASSAGE.SRE2486Nay vote
Req 810242
Voteview
 
s81v329S RES 248. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 12. TAFT MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDERATION.SRE2486Nay vote
Req 810242
Voteview
 
s81v332S RES 253. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 7SRE2536Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v336S RES 254. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 8SRE2546Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v333S RES 256. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 11SRE2566Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v338S RES 259. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5SRE2596Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v335S RES 265. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 21SRE2656Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v340S RES 270. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 18SRE2706Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v339S RES 271. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 17SRE2716Nay vote
Resolution disapproves presidential reorganization plan
Voteview
 
s81v368S RES 299. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 22SRE2996Nay vote
Req 810239
Voteview
 
s81v159S RES. 151. RESOLUTION DISAPPROVING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2, TRANSFERRING THE BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FROM THE FED. SECURITY AGENCY TO THE DEPT. OF LABOR.SRE1516Nay vote
Req 810113
Voteview
 

Notes:
  • Highlighted words in vote descriptions are just are coding aids.
  • Pres Votes: 1 (Yea) 6 (Nay) 9 (Not voting, not shown)






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