HR 5715. Amend sections 201 (a), 301 (e), 302 (f), 302 (g), 508, 527. And 528 of public law 351, 81st cong., as amended. Motion to suspend rules and pass.

On Jan 15, 1952, the House voted 270–89 (HR 5715). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 149–36, Republicans 126–56, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 92 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: 270
No: 89
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jan 15, 1952

By party

Democrats149 yes · 36 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans126 yes · 56 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted no
William Silas Hill R-CO voted no
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted no
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL voted no
William Courtland Lantaff D-FL voted no
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL voted no
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA voted no
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted no
Albert Sidney Camp D-GA voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted no
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted no
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA voted no
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA voted no
John Travers Wood R-ID voted no
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL voted no
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL voted no
Noah Morgan Mason R-IL voted no
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL voted no
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL voted no
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL voted no
Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
Albert McDonald Cole R-KS voted no
Wint Smith R-KS voted no
Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted no
Robert Hale R-ME voted no
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME voted no
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI voted no
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI voted no
Ruth Thompson R-MI voted no
Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI voted no
August Herman Andresen R-MN voted no
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN voted no
Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted no
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN voted no
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS voted no
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS voted no
William Meyers Colmer D-MS voted no
John Bell Williams D-MS voted no
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT voted no
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted no
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted no
Fred George Aandahl R-ND voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
Howard Homan Buffett R-NE voted no
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY voted no
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY voted no
John Taber R-NY voted no
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY voted no
Cliff Clevenger R-OH voted no
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted no
Karl Clarence King R-PA voted no
Richard Murray Simpson R-PA voted no
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA voted no
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA voted no
John Phillips Saylor R-PA voted no
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA voted no
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC voted no
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD voted no
Joseph Landon Evins D-TN voted no
Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN voted no
John William Wright Patman D-TX voted no
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted no
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted no

And 12 more.

The bill

H.R. 5715: To amend sections 201 (a), 301(e), 302 (f), 302 (g), 508, 527, and 528 of Public Law 351, Eighty-first Congress, as amended

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, “HR 5715. Amend sections 201 (a), 301 (e)…: House Vote, Jan 15, 1952,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-110/hr-5715-amend-sections-201-a-301-e-302 (accessed 2026-10-15).