Senate roll call 287 · 82nd Congress · Jun 19, 1952
HR 7268. Ferguson amend. Reducing by $11,976,700 funds for flood control.
On Jun 19, 1952, the Senate voted 30–44 (HR 7268). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–37, Republicans 30–9. 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
- 30
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 19, 1952
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- 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
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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