S CON RES 36. Concurrent resolution authorizing the appointment of 14 members of Congress to participate in a public discussion of problems of common interest

On Oct 18, 1951, the House voted 238–75 (SCRE 36). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 151–12, Republicans 88–65, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 77 members voted against their own party.

During the 82nd Congress (1951–1952), Harry S. Truman was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 238
No: 75
Did not vote: 21
Date: Oct 18, 1951

By party

Democrats151 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans88 yes · 65 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
Oren Harris D-AR voted no
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted no
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA voted no
C. Norris Poulson R-CA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA voted no
John Travers Wood R-ID voted no
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID voted no
Richard Bernard Vail R-IL voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
William Estus Mcvey R-IL voted no
Richard William Hoffman R-IL voted no
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
Earl Wilson R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS voted no
Myron Virgil George R-KS voted no
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI voted no
George Anthony Dondero R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
William Arthur Winstead D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
James Ernest Wharton R-NY voted no
William Robert Williams R-NY voted no
Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH voted no
Robert Crosser D-OH voted no
George Blaine Schwabe R-OK voted no
Page Henry Belcher R-OK voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted no
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA voted no
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA voted no
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI voted no
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI voted no
John William Byrnes R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI voted no
Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV voted no
William Henry Harrison R-WY voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “S CON RES 36. Concurrent resolution…: House Vote, Oct 18, 1951,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-104/s-con-res-36-concurrent-resolution-authorizing-the-appointment (accessed 2026-10-14).