Senate roll call 83 · 82nd Congress · Jun 28, 1951
S 1717. Ferguson amend. Authorizing certain increases in ceiling prices.
On Jun 28, 1951, the Senate voted 15–67 (S 1717). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–42, Republicans 15–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jun 28, 1951
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 42 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted yes
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted yes
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Edward John Thye R-MN voted yes
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE voted yes
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH 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
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- Kenneth Spicer Wherry R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- Alexander Wiley 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-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
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- 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
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- 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
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- 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
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- 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
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- 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
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- 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
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