Senate roll call 93 · 82nd Congress · Jul 11, 1951
HR 3790. Ferguson amend. Reducing by $238,304 the sum for funds for management of land and resources, bureau of land management.
On Jul 11, 1951, the Senate voted 24–51 (HR 3790). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–36, Republicans 21–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 11, 1951
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 36 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 19 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard Milhous Nixon R-CA voted no
- William Fife Knowland R-CA voted no
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- Herbert Romulus O'Conor D-MD voted yes
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI voted yes
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted no
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT voted no
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John James Williams R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Arthur Edson Blair Moody D-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Preston Kem R-MO
- 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
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Thomas Rust Underwood D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Zales Nelson Ecton R-MT
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse R-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Harry Pulliam Cain R-WA
- 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
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Brien Mcmahon D-CT
- William Benton D-CT
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Ralph Owen Brewster R-ME
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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