Senate roll call 109 · 82nd Congress · Jul 26, 1951
HR 3973. Nixon amend. Reducing by $337,000 funds for office of information, dept. Of ag., and eliminating publication of agricultural yearbook.
On Jul 26, 1951, the Senate voted 35–37 (HR 3973). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–30, Republicans 26–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 35
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 26, 1951
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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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