HR 3871. On d'ewar amend. (metals and minerals--strategic.)

On Jul 20, 1951, the House voted 200–216 (HR 3871). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–190, Republicans 166–29, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 65 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: 200
No: 216
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jul 20, 1951

By party

Democrats36 yes · 190 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans166 yes · 29 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Frank William Boykin D-AL voted yes
John Robert Murdock D-AZ voted yes
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ voted yes
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO voted yes
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO voted yes
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted no
Albert Paul Morano R-CT voted no
James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted no
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL voted yes
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA voted yes
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA voted yes
William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted yes
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL voted no
William Lee Springer R-IL voted no
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted no
John Walter Heselton R-MA voted no
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted no
George Meader R-MI voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted yes
John Anton Blatnik D-MN voted yes
Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted no
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted no
Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted yes
Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC voted yes
Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC voted yes
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted yes
Monroe Minor Redden D-NC voted yes
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted no
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted no
Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ voted no
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted no
Antonio M. Fernández D-NM voted yes
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM voted yes
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV voted yes
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY voted no
Eugene James Keogh D-NY voted yes
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted no
James George Donovan D-NY voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY voted yes
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted no
Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted no
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted no
John Martin Vorys R-OH voted no
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted no
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted no
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC voted yes
Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX voted yes
Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX voted yes
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted yes
Ed Lee Gossett D-TX voted yes
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX voted yes
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX voted yes
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX voted yes
Walter Keil Granger D-UT voted yes
Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT voted yes
Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV voted yes
Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV voted yes

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 3871. On d'ewar amend. (metals and…: House Vote, Jul 20, 1951,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/82-H-63/hr-3871-on-dewar-amend-metals-and-minerals-strategic (accessed 2026-10-17).