Senate roll call 131 · 82nd Congress · Aug 24, 1951
HR 4740. Douglas amend. Reducing by $2,000,000 funds for acquisition of buildings abroad, state dept.
On Aug 24, 1951, the Senate voted 36–36 (HR 4740). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–11, Democrats 15–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 36
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 24, 1951
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 25 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- 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
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- 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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