Senate roll call 140 · 82nd Congress · Aug 31, 1951
HR 5113. Kefauver amend. To set up an administrator to carry out purposes of the act.
On Aug 31, 1951, the Senate voted 18–50 (HR 5113). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–39, Republicans 17–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 18
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 31, 1951
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 39 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 23 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO 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
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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