Senate roll call 259 · 82nd Congress · Jun 5, 1952
S 2594. Dirksen amend. Barring ceilings after sep. 1, 1952, on any material or service unless it is in short supply or threatens inflation.
On Jun 5, 1952, the Senate voted 27–54 (S 2594). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–49, Republicans 28–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 27
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 5, 1952
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 49 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- 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
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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