Senate roll call 106 · 82nd Congress · Jul 26, 1951
HR 3973. Douglas amend. Reducing by $20,750,000 funds for soil-building practices and soil-and-water-conserving practices.
On Jul 26, 1951, the Senate voted 24–52 (HR 3973). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–42, Republicans 21–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 24
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 26, 1951
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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