Senate roll call 192 · 82nd Congress · Oct 8, 1951
HR 5215. Supplemental appropriation act of 1952. Bridges amend. To reduce by $532,175 funds for functions for dept. Of commerce under defense production act o
On Oct 8, 1951, the Senate voted 40–32 (HR 5215). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–31, Republicans 33–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 40
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Oct 8, 1951
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 31 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted yes
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- Willis Smith D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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