Senate roll call 298 · 82nd Congress · Jun 27, 1952
HR 5678. Revise the laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and nationality. Passage over the pres.' veto.
On Jun 27, 1952, the Senate voted 57–26 (HR 5678). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–21, Republicans 34–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 57
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 27, 1952
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 21 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted no
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- William Benton D-CT voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted no
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted no
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-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
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- 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
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Frederick Andrew Seaton R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
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