Senate roll call 122 · 82nd Congress · Aug 15, 1951
HR 4386. Douglas amend. Reducing by $21,393,262 funds for rivers and harbors.
On Aug 15, 1951, the Senate voted 38–38 (HR 4386). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–33, Republicans 30–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 38
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 15, 1951
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 33 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- George David Aiken R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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