Senate roll call 98 · 82nd Congress · Jul 11, 1951
HR 3790. Humphrey amend. To provide for construction of transmission lines in reclamation regions 6 and 7 of minnesota.
On Jul 11, 1951, the Senate voted 15–55 (HR 3790). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–37, Democrats 14–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 11, 1951
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 37 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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