Senate roll call 141 · 82nd Congress · Aug 31, 1951
HR 5113. Dirksen amend. Reducing by $250,000,000 authorized funds for economic aid to europe.
On Aug 31, 1951, the Senate voted 36–34 (HR 5113). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–33, Republicans 33–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 36
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 31, 1951
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 33 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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