Senate roll call 4 · 82nd Congress · Feb 21, 1951
HR 1724. Provide for the renegotiation of contracts. Douglas amend. Eliminating permissive exemptions.
On Feb 21, 1951, the Senate voted 42–39 (HR 1724). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–22, Republicans 24–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 40 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
- 42
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 21, 1951
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 22 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 19 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted no
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted no
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH voted no
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- James Henderson Duff R-PA voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
H.R. 1724: To provide for the renegotiation of contracts, and for other purposes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Virgil Munday Chapman D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
Did not vote
Other votes
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