Senate roll call 105 · 82nd Congress · Jul 26, 1951
HR 3973. Committee amend. Providing $280,000,000 (increase of $55,000,000) in authorizations for 1952 program of soilbuilding practices and soil-and-water-cons
On Jul 26, 1951, the Senate voted 41–39 (HR 3973). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–10, Republicans 8–30. 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
- 41
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 26, 1951
By party
- Democrats37 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 30 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- 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
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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