Senate roll call 257 · 82nd Congress · Jun 4, 1952
S 2594. Dirksen amend. Barring certain ceilings on agricultural products.
On Jun 4, 1952, the Senate voted 29–49 (S 2594). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–43, Republicans 26–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 29
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 4, 1952
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 43 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- 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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- 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
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- 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
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- 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
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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