Senate roll call 151 · 82nd Congress · Sep 6, 1951
S 1046. Readjust postal rates. Johnson (colo) amend. To eliminate language raising airmail rates.
On Sep 6, 1951, the Senate voted 18–49 (S 1046). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–30, Republicans 8–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 49
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Sep 6, 1951
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 21 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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