Senate roll call 3 · 82nd Congress · Jan 24, 1951
S RES 43. Resolution citing joseph doto for contempt of the Senate. MC carran motion to refer to the judiciary comm.
On Jan 24, 1951, the Senate voted 12–59 (SRE 43). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–37, Democrats 8–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jan 24, 1951
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
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