Senate roll call 132 · 82nd Congress · Aug 24, 1951
HR 4740. Mundt amend. Increasing by $22,000,000 funds for voice of america.
On Aug 24, 1951, the Senate voted 52–16 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–8, Republicans 19–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 52
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 24, 1951
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 8 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 21 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- 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
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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