Senate roll call 137 · 82nd Congress · Aug 28, 1951
HR 4550. Passage.
On Aug 28, 1951, the Senate voted 55–16 (HR 4550). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–0, Republicans 19–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 55
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 28, 1951
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John James Williams R-DE
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Voted present
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.