House roll call 93 · 82nd Congress · Oct 5, 1951
HR 5113. Maintain the security and provide for the general welfare of the US by furnishing assistance to friendly nations in the interest of international peac
On Oct 5, 1951, the House voted 235–98 (HR 5113). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 162–21, Republicans 81–86, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 102 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
- 235
- No
- 98
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 5, 1951
By party
- Democrats162 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans81 yes · 86 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George William Andrews D-AL voted no
- William Frank Norrell D-AR voted no
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA voted yes
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA voted yes
- Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA voted yes
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA voted yes
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA voted yes
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA voted yes
- William Silas Hill R-CO voted yes
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT voted yes
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
- John Stephens Wood D-GA voted no
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA voted yes
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA voted yes
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA voted yes
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL voted yes
- William Lee Springer R-IL voted yes
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN voted yes
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted yes
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN voted yes
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS voted yes
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY voted yes
- James Stephen Golden R-KY voted yes
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA voted no
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA voted no
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Walter Heselton R-MA voted yes
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA voted yes
- William Henry Bates R-MA voted yes
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA voted yes
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA voted yes
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA voted yes
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA voted yes
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD voted yes
- Robert Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Meader R-MI voted yes
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI voted yes
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN voted yes
- Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO voted yes
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO voted yes
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted no
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten 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
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC voted no
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH voted yes
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH voted yes
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ voted yes
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ voted yes
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ voted yes
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY voted yes
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY voted yes
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY voted yes
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY voted yes
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY voted yes
- William Sterling Cole R-NY voted yes
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY voted yes
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY voted yes
- William Edward Miller R-NY voted yes
- William Emil Hess R-OH voted yes
- John Martin Vorys R-OH voted yes
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted yes
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted no
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH voted yes
- George Harrison Bender R-OH voted yes
- Toby Morris D-OK voted no
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR voted yes
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR voted yes
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR voted yes
- Hardie Scott R-PA voted yes
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA voted yes
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA voted yes
And 22 more.
The bill
How each representative voted: Yes
- Frank William Boykin D-AL
- George McInvale Grant D-AL
- Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
- Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
- Edward Degraffenried D-AL
- Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
- Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D-AL
- Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
- Wilbur Daigh Mills D-AR
- James William Trimble D-AR
- Boyd Anderson Tackett D-AR
- Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
- Oren Harris D-AR
- John Robert Murdock D-AZ
- Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
- Clair Engle D-CA
- Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
- Franck Roberts Havenner D-CA
- John Francis Shelley D-CA
- John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
- Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
- Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
- Samuel William Yorty D-CA
- Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
- Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
- Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
- John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
- Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
- Clinton Dotson Mckinnon D-CA
- Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
- William Silas Hill R-CO
- Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
- John Andrew Mcguire D-CT
- James Thomas Patterson R-CT
- Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
- Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
- William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
- Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
- Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
- Edward Eugene Cox D-GA
- Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
- Albert Sidney Camp D-GA
- James Curran Davis D-GA
- Carl Vinson D-GA
- Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
- Paul Brown D-GA
- Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
- Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
- Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
- William Levi Dawson D-IL
- John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
- Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
- Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
- Robert Bruce Chiperfield R-IL
- Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
- William Lee Springer R-IL
- Charles Melvin Price D-IL
- Ray John Madden D-IN
- Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
- Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
- Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D-IN
- Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
- Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
- John Albert Whitaker D-KY
- Thruston Ballard Morton R-KY
- Brent Spence D-KY
- John Clarence Watts D-KY
- Carl Dewey Perkins D-KY
- James Stephen Golden R-KY
- John Walter Heselton R-MA
- John Foster Furcolo D-MA
- Harold Daniel Donohue D-MA
- Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
- William Henry Bates R-MA
- Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
- Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
- Christian Archibald Herter R-MA
- John William Mccormack D-MA
- Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
- Joseph William Martin Jr. R-MA
- James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
- Edward Alexander Garmatz D-MD
- George Hyde Fallon D-MD
- Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D-MD
- Robert Hale R-ME
- Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D-MI
- George Meader R-MI
- Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
- George Donoghue O'Brien D-MI
- John David Dingell D-MI
- John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
- Roy William Wier D-MN
- Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
- Walter Henry Judd R-MN
- Fred Marshall D-MN
- John Anton Blatnik D-MN
- Clare Magee D-MO
- Morgan Moore Moulder D-MO
- Philip James Welch D-MO
- Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
- Orland Kay Armstrong R-MO
- Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
- Clarence Andrew Cannon D-MO
- Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
- Claude Ignatius Bakewell R-MO
- Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
- Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
- Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
- William Meyers Colmer D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC
- John Hosea Kerr D-NC
- Harold Dunbar Cooley D-NC
- Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
- Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
- Robert Lee Doughton D-NC
- Hamilton Chamberlain Jones D-NC
- Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC
- Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
- James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
- Charles Aubrey Eaton R-NJ
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Gordon Canfield R-NJ
- Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
- Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
- Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
- Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
- Antonio M. Fernández D-NM
- Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D-NV
- Ernest Greenwood D-NY
- Leonard Wood Hall R-NY
- Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
- Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
- Donald Lawrence O'Toole D-NY
- Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
- Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
- Arthur George Klein D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Sidney Asher Fine D-NY
- Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
- Dean Park Taylor R-NY
- Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
- Edwin Arthur Hall R-NY
- William Sterling Cole R-NY
- Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
- Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
- William Edward Miller R-NY
- William Emil Hess R-OH
- James Gould Polk D-OH
- Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
- John Martin Vorys R-OH
- William Hanes Ayres R-OH
- Wayne Levere Hays D-OH
- Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
- Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
- Robert Crosser D-OH
- Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
- George Harrison Bender R-OH
- William Grady Stigler D-OK
- Carl Bert Albert D-OK
- Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
- John Jarman D-OK
- Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
- Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
- Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
- Mathew Harris Ellsworth R-OR
- William Aloysius Barrett D-PA
- William Thomas Granahan D-PA
- Hardie Scott R-PA
- Earl Chudoff D-PA
- William Joseph Green Jr. D-PA
- Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
- Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
- Harry Patrick O'Neill D-PA
- Daniel John Flood D-PA
- Ivor David Fenton R-PA
- George Milton Rhodes D-PA
- Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
- Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
- Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
- Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
- Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
- James Francis Lind D-PA
- James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
- Thomas Ellsworth Morgan D-PA
- Louis Edward Graham R-PA
- John Phillips Saylor R-PA
- Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
- Harmar Denny Denny Jr. R-PA
- Robert James Corbett R-PA
- James Grove Fulton R-PA
- Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
- Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
- Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
- John Jacob Riley D-SC
- Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
- James Prioleau Richards D-SC
- James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Joseph Landon Evins D-TN
- James Percy Priest D-TN
- James Patton Sutton D-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Murray D-TN
- Jere Cooper D-TN
- Clifford Davis D-TN
- John William Wright Patman D-TX
- Jesse Martin Combs D-TX
- Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D-TX
- Olin Earl Teague D-TX
- Thomas Augustus Pickett D-TX
- Albert Thomas D-TX
- William Homer Thornberry D-TX
- William Robert Poage D-TX
- Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
- John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
- Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
- George Herman Mahon D-TX
- Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
- Walter Keil Granger D-UT
- Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone D-UT
- Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
- Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
- Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
- Watkins Moorman Abbitt D-VA
- Clarence Godber Burton D-VA
- Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
- Howard Worth Smith D-VA
- Thomas Bacon Fugate D-VA
- Hugh Burnton Mitchell D-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
- Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
- Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
- Clement John Zablocki D-WI
- Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
- John William Byrnes R-WI
- Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
- Maurice Gwinn Burnside D-WV
- Maude Elizabeth Kee D-WV
- Erland Harold Hedrick D-WV
How each representative voted: No
- George William Andrews D-AL
- William Frank Norrell D-AR
- John Zuinglius Anderson R-CA
- Thomas Harold Werdel R-CA
- C. Norris Poulson R-CA
- Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
- John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
- William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA
- John Stephens Wood D-GA
- Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
- Harold Royce Gross R-IA
- James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
- Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
- Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
- John Travers Wood R-ID
- Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
- Richard Bernard Vail R-IL
- Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
- William Estus Mcvey R-IL
- Richard William Hoffman R-IL
- Timothy Patrick Sheehan R-IL
- Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
- Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
- Chauncey William Reed R-IL
- Noah Morgan Mason R-IL
- Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
- Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
- Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
- Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
- Edward Halsey Jenison R-IL
- Charles Wesley Vursell R-IL
- Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
- Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
- John Valentine Beamer R-IN
- Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
- William Gilmer Bray R-IN
- Ralph Harvey R-IN
- Albert McDonald Cole R-KS
- Myron Virgil George R-KS
- Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
- Wint Smith R-KS
- Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
- Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
- Henry Dominique Larcade Jr. D-LA
- Donald William Nicholson R-MA
- Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
- Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
- Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
- William Wallace Blackney R-MI
- Jesse Paine Wolcott R-MI
- Ruth Thompson R-MI
- Roy Orchard Woodruff R-MI
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
- George Anthony Dondero R-MI
- August Herman Andresen R-MN
- Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
- Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
- Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
- Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
- John Elliott Rankin D-MS
- Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
- Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS
- William Arthur Winstead D-MS
- John Bell Williams D-MS
- Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
- Graham Arthur Barden D-NC
- Fred George Aandahl R-ND
- Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND
- Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
- Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
- Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
- William Robert Williams R-NY
- John Taber R-NY
- John Cornelius Butler R-NY
- Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
- Charles Henry Elston R-OH
- William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
- Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
- Thomas Albert Jenkins R-OH
- Walter Ellsworth Brehm R-OH
- Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
- Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
- Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
- J. Harry Mcgregor R-OH
- George Blaine Schwabe R-OK
- Toby Morris D-OK
- Page Henry Belcher R-OK
- Lowell Stockman R-OR
- Richard Murray Simpson R-PA
- Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
- William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
- Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
- Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
- Brazilla Carroll Reece R-TN
- Joseph Franklin Wilson D-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
- Walter Edward Rogers D-TX
- Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
- Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
- Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
- Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
- Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
- William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
- Merlin Hull R-WI
- William Henry Harrison R-WY
Voted present
- Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
- Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
- George Paul Miller D-CA
- Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
- Chester Earl Holifield D-CA
- John Phillips R-CA
- Albert Paul Morano R-CT
- Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
- James Caleb Boggs R-DE
- Chester Bartow Mcmullen D-FL
- Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
- Adolph Joachim Sabath D-IL
- Sidney Richard Yates D-IL
- Earl Wilson R-IN
- Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
- Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
- Frank Leslie Chelf D-KY
- Joseph Bengal Bates D-KY
- Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
- Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
- Overton Brooks D-LA
- James Hobson Morrison D-LA
- Asa Leonard Allen D-LA
- Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Fred Lewis Crawford R-MI
- Louis Charles Rabaut D-MI
- Theodore Leonard Irving D-MO
- Carl Thomas Durham D-NC
- Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
- Monroe Minor Redden D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Howard Homan Buffett R-NE
- Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
- Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
- William Beck Widnall R-NJ
- Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
- John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
- Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
- Louis Gary Clemente D-NY
- Thomas Vincent Quinn D-NY
- James Joseph Delaney D-NY
- Victor L'Episcopo Anfuso D-NY
- Eugene James Keogh D-NY
- James Joseph Heffernan D-NY
- John James Rooney D-NY
- Emanuel Celler D-NY
- James Joseph Murphy D-NY
- James George Donovan D-NY
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
- Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D-NY
- Isidore Dollinger D-NY
- Charles Anthony Buckley D-NY
- Christopher Columbus Mcgrath D-NY
- Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
- James Ernest Wharton R-NY
- William Thomas Byrne D-NY
- Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
- Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
- Cliff Clevenger R-OH
- Clarence J. Brown R-OH
- Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
- Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. R-PA
- John Edward Fogarty D-RI
- Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
- John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker R-TN
- Clark Wallace Thompson D-TX
- Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX
- Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
- Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
- Reid Fred Murray R-WI
- Alvin Edward O'Konski R-WI
- Robert Lincoln Ramsay D-WV
- Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
- Frank Fellows R-ME
- John Berchmans Sullivan D-MO
- Karl Stefan R-NE
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
- Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
- Harry Lancaster Towe R-NJ
- Robert Tripp Ross R-NY
- Leo William O'Brien D-NY
- Edward Grimes Breen D-OH
- Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
- Albert Clinton Vaughn Sr. R-PA
- Karl Clarence King R-PA
- Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
- Wilson Darwin Gillette R-PA
- Frank Buchanan D-PA
- Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
- Ed Lee Gossett D-TX
- John Kee D-WV
Other votes
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