Senate roll call 203 · 82nd Congress · Feb 5, 1952
S 1851. Assist in preventing aliens from entering or remaining in the U.S. Illegally. Douglas amend. Making it a felony to employ an alien illegally in the u.
On Feb 5, 1952, the Senate voted 12–69 (S 1851). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–37, Republicans 4–33. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 69
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 5, 1952
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- 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
- 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 Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- William Benton D-CT
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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