Senate roll call 211 · 82nd Congress · Mar 31, 1952
HR 5715. Enact uniformed services pay act of 1952. Knowland motion to recommit w/instructions to consider the subject of extra pay and certain allowances and r
On Mar 31, 1952, the Senate voted 31–44 (HR 5715). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–37, Republicans 26–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 31, 1952
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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