Senate roll call 73 · 82nd Congress · Jun 27, 1951
S 1717. O'mahoney amend. Regarding dispersal of war plants.
On Jun 27, 1951, the Senate voted 25–56 (S 1717). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–31, Democrats 13–28. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 27, 1951
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 28 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 31 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender 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
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler 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
- 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
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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