Senate roll call 112 · 82nd Congress · Jul 27, 1951
HR 3282. Ferguson amend. Reducing by $1,076,606 funds for general admin., post office, and limiting funds for personal services to $16,205,462.
On Jul 27, 1951, the Senate voted 29–33 (HR 3282). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–27, Republicans 24–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 29
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 27, 1951
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 27 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- 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
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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