Senate roll call 59 · 82nd Congress · Jun 13, 1951
HR 3709. Douglas amend. Barring funds for more than 20 days annual leave and 12 days of sick leave for classified and wage board employees.
On Jun 13, 1951, the Senate voted 35–36 (HR 3709). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–26, Republicans 23–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 35
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 13, 1951
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 26 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- 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
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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