Senate roll call 194 · 82nd Congress · Oct 9, 1951
S 1203. Provide for the appointment of additional circuit and district judges. MC kellar amend. Providing for one additional district judge for middle distric
On Oct 9, 1951, the Senate voted 60–19 (S 1203). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–16, Republicans 34–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 60
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Oct 9, 1951
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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