Senate roll call 149 · 82nd Congress · Aug 31, 1951
HR 5113. Capehart motion to reconsider vote on benton amend.
On Aug 31, 1951, the Senate voted 32–35 (HR 5113). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–26, Republicans 22–10. 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
- 32
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 31, 1951
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 26 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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