Senate roll call 265 · 82nd Congress · Jun 6, 1952
HR 7314. On reconsideration of bridges amend.
On Jun 6, 1952, the Senate voted 30–32 (HR 7314). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–35, Republicans 31–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 30
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 6, 1952
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 35 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans31 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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