Senate roll call 143 · 82nd Congress · Aug 31, 1951
HR 5113. Case amend. Encouraging formation of federation of free states of europe.
On Aug 31, 1951, the Senate voted 25–41 (HR 5113). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–32, Republicans 19–12. 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
- 25
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 31, 1951
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 32 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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