Senate roll call 107 · 82nd Congress · Jul 26, 1951
HR 3973. Douglas amend. Reducing by $2,000,000 funds for agricultural production programs.
On Jul 26, 1951, the Senate voted 48–30 (HR 3973). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–30, Republicans 32–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 48
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 26, 1951
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- William Benton D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- 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
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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