Senate roll call 8 · 82nd Congress · Mar 5, 1951
S 1. Provide for the common defense by establishing a universal training program. Morse amend. Setting 18 1/2 as age for compulsory induction w/privilege of v
On Mar 5, 1951, the Senate voted 31–55 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–43, Republicans 29–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 31
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 5, 1951
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- 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
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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