S 1203. Provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges. Motion to recommit.

On Apr 23, 1952, the House voted 165–150 (S 1203). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 180–7, Democrats 10–167, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 17 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: 165
No: 150
Did not vote: 16
Date: Apr 23, 1952

By party

Democrats10 yes · 167 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans180 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR voted yes
Clair Engle D-CA voted yes
James Caleb Boggs R-DE voted no
James Curran Davis D-GA voted yes
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN voted no
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN voted no
John Elliott Rankin D-MS voted yes
Herbert Covington Bonner D-NC voted yes
Robert Lee Doughton D-NC voted yes
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH voted no
William Hanes Ayres R-OH voted no
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH voted yes
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted yes
Howard Henry Baker R-TN voted no
William Robert Poage D-TX voted yes
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA voted yes
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA voted no

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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