Senate roll call 185 · 82nd Congress · Oct 2, 1951
HR 5113. Mutual security act of 1951. Dirksen motion to recommit conference report to committee on conference.
On Oct 2, 1951, the Senate voted 30–48 (HR 5113). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–44, Republicans 30–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 30
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Oct 2, 1951
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans30 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- 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
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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