Senate roll call 242 · 82nd Congress · Jun 3, 1952
S 2437. Amend and supplement the federal-aid-road act to authorize appropriations for continuing the construction of highways. Douglas amend. To reduce annual
On Jun 3, 1952, the Senate voted 33–37 (S 2437). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–33, Republicans 31–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 33
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 3, 1952
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 33 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- 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
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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