S 243. Amend public law 73 81st cong. 1st sess. To provide for an under secretary of state (for administration.) on passage.

On Feb 3, 1953, the House voted 342–18 (S 243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 192–3, Democrats 149–15, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 members voted against their own party.

During the 83rd Congress (1953–1954), Dwight D. Eisenhower was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 342
No: 18
Did not vote: 6
Date: Feb 3, 1953

By party

Democrats149 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans192 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William McDonald (Don) Wheeler D-GA voted no
Harold Royce Gross R-IA voted no
Barratt O'Hara D-IL voted no
Roy William Wier D-MN voted no
Fred Marshall D-MN voted no
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D-MS voted no
Lawrence H. Fountain D-NC voted no
Hugh Quincy Alexander D-NC voted no
Woodrow Wilson Jones D-NC voted no
George Adams Shuford D-NC voted no
Usher Lloyd Burdick R-ND voted no
John James Rooney D-NY voted no
Wayne Levere Hays D-OH voted no
John Vernard Dowdy D-TX voted no
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D-TX voted no
Walter Edward Rogers D-TX voted no
Merlin Hull R-WI voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

The bill

S. 243: A bill to amend Public Law 73, 81st Congress, 1st session (63 Stat. 111), to provide for an Under Secretary of State (for Administration)

How each representative voted: Yes

George McInvale Grant D-AL
George William Andrews D-AL
Kenneth Allison Roberts D-AL
Albert McKinley Rains D-AL
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D-AL
Carl Atwood Elliott D-AL
Laurie Calvin Battle D-AL
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D-AR
James William Trimble D-AR
Lawrence Brooks Hays D-AR
William Frank Norrell D-AR
John Jacob Rhodes R-AZ
Harold Ambrose Patten D-AZ
Hubert Baxter Scudder R-CA
Clair Engle D-CA
John Emerson Moss D-CA
William Somers Mailliard R-CA
Robert Likens Condon D-CA
John Joseph Allen Jr. R-CA
George Paul Miller D-CA
Jesse Arthur Younger R-CA
Charles Samuel Gubser R-CA
Justin Leroy Johnson R-CA
Allan Oakley Hunter R-CA
Ernest King Bramblett R-CA
Harlan Francis Hagen D-CA
Gordon Leo Mcdonough R-CA
Donald Lester Jackson R-CA
Cecil Rhodes King D-CA
Craig Hosmer R-CA
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R-CA
Edgar Willard Hiestand R-CA
Joseph Franklin Holt III R-CA
Clyde Gilman Doyle D-CA
C. Norris Poulson R-CA
Patrick Jerome Hillings R-CA
Samuel William Yorty D-CA
Harry Richard Sheppard D-CA
James Boyd Utt R-CA
John Phillips R-CA
Robert Carlton (Bob) Wilson R-CA
Byron Giles Rogers D-CO
William Silas Hill R-CO
John Edgar Chenoweth R-CO
Wayne Norviel Aspinall D-CO
Thomas Joseph Dodd D-CT
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R-CT
Albert William Cretella R-CT
James Thomas Patterson R-CT
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R-CT
Herbert Birchby Warburton R-DE
Courtney Warren Campbell D-FL
Charles Edward Bennett D-FL
Robert Lee Fulton Sikes D-FL
William Courtland Lantaff D-FL
Albert Sydney Herlong Jr. D-FL
Dwight Laing Rogers D-FL
James Andrew Haley D-FL
Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews D-FL
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D-GA
Elijah Lewis Forrester D-GA
James Curran Davis D-GA
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D-GA
Phillip Mitchell Landrum D-GA
Paul Brown D-GA
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R-IA
Henry Oscar Talle R-IA
Karl Miles Le Compte R-IA
Paul Harvey Cunningham R-IA
James Isaac Dolliver R-IA
Benton Franklin Jensen R-IA
Charles Bernard Hoeven R-IA
Gracie Bowers Pfost D-ID
Hamer Harold Budge R-ID
Fred Ernst Busbey R-IL
William Estus Mcvey R-IL
John Carl Kluczynski D-IL
Thomas Joseph O'Brien D-IL
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D-IL
Richard William Hoffman R-IL
Edgar Allan Jonas R-IL
Marguerite Stitt Church R-IL
Chauncey William Reed R-IL
Leo Elwood Allen R-IL
Leslie Cornelius Arends R-IL
Harold Himmel Velde R-IL
Sidney Elmer Simpson R-IL
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D-IL
Charles Melvin Price D-IL
Cecil William (Runt) Bishop R-IL
Ray John Madden D-IN
Charles Abraham Halleck R-IN
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R-IN
Edwin Ross Adair R-IN
John Valentine Beamer R-IN
Cecil Murray Harden R-IN
William Gilmer Bray R-IN
D. Bailey Merrill R-IN
Earl Wilson R-IN
Charles Bruce Brownson R-IN
Errett Power Scrivner R-KS
Myron Virgil George R-KS
Edward Herbert Rees R-KS
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R-KS
Wint Smith R-KS
Noble Jones Gregory D-KY
Garrett Lee Withers D-KY
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R-KY
Brent Spence D-KY
John Clarence Watts D-KY
Felix Edward Hébert D-LA
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. D-LA
Edwin Edward Willis D-LA
Overton Brooks D-LA
Otto Ernest Passman D-LA
James Hobson Morrison D-LA
Theo Ashton Thompson D-LA
George Shannon Long D-LA
John Walter Heselton R-MA
Edward Patrick Boland D-MA
Philip Joseph Philbin D-MA
Edith Nourse Rogers R-MA
William Henry Bates R-MA
Thomas Joseph Lane D-MA
Angier Louis Goodwin R-MA
Donald William Nicholson R-MA
Laurence Curtis R-MA
Thomas Philip (Tip) O'Neill Jr. D-MA
John William Mccormack D-MA
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R-MA
Edward Tylor Miller R-MD
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R-MD
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R-MD
Robert Hale R-ME
Charles Pembroke Nelson R-ME
Clifford Guy Mcintire R-ME
George Meader R-MI
Paul Werntz Shafer R-MI
Clare Eugene Hoffman R-MI
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R-MI
Alvin Morell Bentley R-MI
Ruth Thompson R-MI
Elford Albin Cederberg R-MI
Victor Alfred Knox R-MI
John Bonifas Bennett R-MI
John Lesinski Jr. D-MI
Charles Gibb Oakman R-MI
August Herman Andresen R-MN
Joseph Patrick O'Hara R-MN
Eugene Joseph Mccarthy D-MN
Walter Henry Judd R-MN
Herman Carl Andersen R-MN
John Anton Blatnik D-MN
Harold Christian Hagen R-MN
Frank Melvin Karsten D-MO
Thomas Bradford Curtis R-MO
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D-MO
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R-MO
Richard Walker Bolling D-MO
William Clay Cole R-MO
Dewey Jackson Short R-MO
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D-MO
Paul Caruthers Jones D-MO
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D-MS
Frank Ellis Smith D-MS
John Bell Williams D-MS
William Arthur Winstead D-MS
William Meyers Colmer D-MS
Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
Wesley Abner D'Ewart R-MT
Richard Thurmond Chatham D-NC
Frank Ertel Carlyle D-NC
Charles Bennett Deane D-NC
Charles Raper Jonas R-NC
Otto Krueger R-ND
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R-NE
Arthur Lewis Miller R-NE
Chester Earl Merrow R-NH
Norris H. Cotton R-NH
Charles Anderson Wolverton R-NJ
Thomas Millet Hand R-NJ
James Coats Auchincloss R-NJ
Charles Robert Howell D-NJ
Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen Jr. R-NJ
William Beck Widnall R-NJ
Gordon Canfield R-NJ
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R-NJ
Peter Wallace Rodino Jr. D-NJ
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D-NJ
Robert Winthrop Kean R-NJ
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D-NJ
Edward Joseph Hart D-NJ
John Joseph Dempsey D-NM
Clarence Clifton Young R-NV
Stuyvesant Wainwright II R-NY
Steven Boghos Derounian R-NY
Frank John Becker R-NY
Henry Jepson Latham R-NY
Albert Henry Bosch R-NY
Lester Holtzman D-NY
James Joseph Delaney D-NY
Louis Benjamin Heller D-NY
Eugene James Keogh D-NY
Edna Flannery Kelly D-NY
Emanuel Celler D-NY
Francis Edwin Dorn R-NY
Abraham Jacob Multer D-NY
John Henry Ray R-NY
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R-NY
James George Donovan D-NY
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D-NY
Paul Albert Fino R-NY
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R-NY
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R-NY
Katharine Price Collier St. George R-NY
James Ernest Wharton R-NY
Dean Park Taylor R-NY
Bernard William (Pat) Kearney R-NY
Clarence Evans Kilburn R-NY
Roy Walter Riehlman R-NY
John Taber R-NY
William Sterling Cole R-NY
Kenneth Barnard Keating R-NY
Harold Charles Ostertag R-NY
William Edward Miller R-NY
Edmund Patrick Radwan R-NY
John Raymond Pillion R-NY
Daniel Alden Reed R-NY
Gordon Harry Scherer R-OH
William Emil Hess R-OH
Paul Fornshell Schenck R-OH
William Moore Mcculloch R-OH
Cliff Clevenger R-OH
James Gould Polk D-OH
Clarence J. Brown R-OH
Jackson Edward Betts R-OH
Henry Frazier Reams I-OH
Oliver Payne Bolton R-OH
Alvin F. Weichel R-OH
William Hanes Ayres R-OH
Robert Thompson Secrest D-OH
Frank Townsend Bow R-OH
Michael Joseph Kirwan D-OH
Michael Aloysius Feighan D-OH
Robert Crosser D-OH
Frances Payne Bolton R-OH
George Harrison Bender R-OH
Page Henry Belcher R-OK
Edmond Augustus Edmondson D-OK
Thomas Jefferson Steed D-OK
John Jarman D-OK
Victor Eugene Wickersham D-OK
Albin Walter Norblad Jr. R-OR
Samuel Harrison Coon R-OR
Homer Daniel Angell R-OR
William Thomas Granahan D-PA
James Aloysius Byrne D-PA
Earl Chudoff D-PA
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R-PA
Benjamin Franklin James R-PA
Karl Clarence King R-PA
Paul Bartram Dague R-PA
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R-PA
Edward John Bonin R-PA
Ivor David Fenton R-PA
Samuel Kerns Mcconnell Jr. R-PA
George Milton Rhodes D-PA
Francis Eugene Walter D-PA
Walter Mann Mumma R-PA
Alvin Ray Bush R-PA
James Edward Van Zandt R-PA
Augustine Bernard Kelley D-PA
John Phillips Saylor R-PA
Leon Harry Gavin R-PA
Carroll Dudley Kearns R-PA
James Grove Fulton R-PA
Herman Peter Eberharter D-PA
Robert James Corbett R-PA
Vera Daerr Buchanan D-PA
Aime Joseph Forand D-RI
Lucius Mendel Rivers D-SC
William Jennings Bryan Dorn D-SC
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D-SC
James Prioleau Richards D-SC
John Lanneau Mcmillan D-SC
Harold Orrin Lovre R-SD
Ellis Yarnal Berry R-SD
Howard Henry Baker R-TN
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D-TN
James Percy Priest D-TN
James Patton Sutton D-TN
Jere Cooper D-TN
Clifford Davis D-TN
John William Wright Patman D-TX
Jack Bascom Brooks D-TX
Brady Preston Gentry D-TX
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D-TX
Olin Earl Teague D-TX
William Homer Thornberry D-TX
William Robert Poage D-TX
Frank Neville Ikard D-TX
John Emmett Lyle Jr. D-TX
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Kenneth Mills Regan D-TX
Omar Truman Burleson D-TX
George Herman Mahon D-TX
Paul Joseph Kilday D-TX
Ovie Clark Fisher D-TX
Martin Dies Jr. D-TX
Douglas R. Stringfellow R-UT
William Adams Dawson R-UT
Edward John Robeson Jr. D-VA
Porter Hardy Jr. D-VA
Julian Vaughan Gary D-VA
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D-VA
Richard Harding Poff R-VA
Burr Powell Harrison D-VA
Howard Worth Smith D-VA
William Creed Wampler R-VA
Joel Thomas Broyhill R-VA
Winston Lewis Prouty R-VT
Thomas Minor Pelly R-WA
Alfred John (Jack) Westland R-WA
Russell Vernon Mack R-WA
Otis Halbert Holmes R-WA
Walter Franklin (Walt) Horan R-WA
Thor Carl Tollefson R-WA
Donald Hammer Magnuson D-WA
Lawrence Henry Smith R-WI
Glenn Robert Davis R-WI
Gardner Robert Withrow R-WI
Clement John Zablocki D-WI
Charles Joseph Kersten R-WI
William Kaiser Van Pelt R-WI
Melvin Robert Laird R-WI
John William Byrnes R-WI
Robert Homer Mollohan D-WV
Harley Orrin Staggers D-WV
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D-WV
William Elmer Neal R-WV

How each representative voted: No

Voted present

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “S 243. Amend public law 73 81st cong. 1st…: House Vote, Feb 3, 1953,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/83-H-3/s-243-amend-public-law-73-81st-cong-1st (accessed 2026-10-17).