Senate roll call 54 · 82nd Congress · Jun 12, 1951
HR 3709. Lehman amend. Exempting hospitals, medical care, etc. From provisions of amend. Respecting 5% reduction of funds for personal services.
On Jun 12, 1951, the Senate voted 38–42 (HR 3709). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 36–13, Republicans 8–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 38
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 12, 1951
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA voted yes
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA voted yes
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted no
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted yes
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Ernest William Mcfarland D-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. 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
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- 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
- William Langer R-ND
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- 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
- 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
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- 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
Voted present
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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