Senate roll call 82 · 82nd Congress · Jun 28, 1951
S 1717. Benton amend. Adding new section creating a plant construction authority.
On Jun 28, 1951, the Senate voted 25–57 (S 1717). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–20, Republicans 1–39. 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
- 25
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 28, 1951
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 39 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- 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
- Earle C. Clements 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith 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
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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