Senate roll call 10 · 82nd Congress · Mar 6, 1951
S 1. Morse amend. To committee amend. To limit enlistments to 36 months.
On Mar 6, 1951, the Senate voted 14–77 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–48, Republicans 13–32. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 77
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 6, 1951
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 48 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 32 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- George David Aiken R-VT
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
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- 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
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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