Senate roll call 227 · 82nd Congress · Apr 29, 1952
HR 6854. Dirksen amend. Limiting to $644,384,591 aggregate expenditures during fiscal year 1953 by treasury dept. Of funds appropriated.
On Apr 29, 1952, the Senate voted 46–16 (HR 6854). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–2, Democrats 15–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 46
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Apr 29, 1952
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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