Senate roll call 137 · 83rd Congress · Apr 29, 1954
HR 8097. Authorize the financing of a program of public works construction in d.c. Morse amend. Authorizing appropriation annually of $5,225,000 lump-sum paym
On Apr 29, 1954, the Senate voted 15–51 (HR 8097). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–31, Democrats 12–22, 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
- 15
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 29, 1954
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 31 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Frederick George Payne R-ME voted yes
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted yes
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- William Fife Knowland R-CA
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Eugene Donald Millikin R-CO
- Prescott Sheldon Bush R-CT
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- 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
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore 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
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Thomas Henry Kuchel R-CA
- William Arthur Purtell R-CT
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- William Langer R-ND
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Dwight Palmer Griswold 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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