Senate roll call 85 · 82nd Congress · Jun 28, 1951
S 1717. Thye amend. On ceiling prices for milk or butterfat.
On Jun 28, 1951, the Senate voted 29–52 (S 1717). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–38, Republicans 26–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 29
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 28, 1951
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted no
- James Preston Kem R-MO voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- 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
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- 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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