Senate roll call 116 · 83rd Congress · Mar 24, 1954
HR 8224. Douglas amend. Reducing to 5 per cent the tax on household appliances.
On Mar 24, 1954, the Senate voted 64–23 (HR 8224). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–8, Republicans 28–15, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 64
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Mar 24, 1954
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT voted no
- John James Williams R-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA voted no
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL voted no
- Frank Carlson R-KS voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE voted no
- Robert William Upton R-NH voted no
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ voted no
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted no
- Guy Cordon R-OR voted no
- Edward Martin R-PA voted no
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- 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
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
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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