Senate roll call 229 · 82nd Congress · May 19, 1952
S 2550. Revise laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality. Humphrey motion to recommit w/instructions to hold hearings on bill and on S 284
On May 19, 1952, the Senate voted 28–44 (S 2550). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 23–21, Republicans 12–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 28
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 19, 1952
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- 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
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- 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
- 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-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
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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