Senate roll call 313 · 82nd Congress · Jul 5, 1952
HR 7391. Appropriations for the dept. Of defense. Kem motion that the Senate recede from its amend. No. 439
On Jul 5, 1952, the Senate voted 28–33 (HR 7391). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–31, Republicans 24–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 5, 1952
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 31 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John James Williams R-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- 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
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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