Senate roll call 152 · 82nd Congress · Sep 7, 1951
S 1046. Langer motion to reconsider vote by which amend. To eliminate language rescinding order of postmaster gen. Of april 17, 1950, curtailing number of mail
On Sep 7, 1951, the Senate voted 17–46 (S 1046). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–34, Republicans 13–14. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 17
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Sep 7, 1951
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 34 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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