Senate roll call 186 · 82nd Congress · Oct 2, 1951
HR 5113. On appeal from decision of the chair, overruling point of order that conferees exceeded their authority by inserting matter not committed to the commi
On Oct 2, 1951, the Senate voted 41–36 (HR 5113). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–7, Republicans 8–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 41
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Oct 2, 1951
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 31 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- 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
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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