Senate roll call 106 · 83rd Congress · Feb 25, 1954
S.J. RES. 1. Morse motion to recommit.
On Feb 25, 1954, the Senate voted 18–74 (SJRE 1). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–30, Republicans 1–45, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 18
- No
- 74
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 25, 1954
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 30 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 45 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Charles Ezra Daniel D-SC
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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