Senate roll call 80 · 82nd Congress · Jun 28, 1951
S 1717. Case amend. Respecting prices in retail establishments w/gross sales of less than $50,000.
On Jun 28, 1951, the Senate voted 19–61 (S 1717). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–43, Republicans 18–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 19
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 28, 1951
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 43 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- 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
- 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
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- 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
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- 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
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- 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
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank 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
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- 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
Voted present
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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