Senate roll call 37 · 82nd Congress · Apr 17, 1951
S 271. Authorize the transfer to the vermont agricultural college of certain lands in addison county, VT., for agricultural purposes. Flanders motion to table
On Apr 17, 1951, the Senate voted 50–24 (S 271). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–13, Democrats 23–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- 50
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Apr 17, 1951
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Herman Welker R-ID voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted no
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- 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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- 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
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- William Benton D-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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