Senate roll call 24 · 82nd Congress · Apr 2, 1951
S RES 99. Ives amend. Approving policy of assigning american forces to western europe, and declaring it to be sense of Senate that certain congressional commit
On Apr 2, 1951, the Senate voted 35–57 (SRE 99). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 25–22, Republicans 11–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 35
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Apr 2, 1951
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 35 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
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