Senate roll call 159 · 83rd Congress · Jun 3, 1954
HR 7839. Aid in the provision and improvement of housing, the elimination and prevention of slums, and the conservation and development of urban communities.
On Jun 3, 1954, the Senate voted 66–16 (HR 7839). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 45–2, Democrats 30–16, Independents 0–1. 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
- 66
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 3, 1954
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans45 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- James Edward Murray D-MT voted no
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted no
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted no
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV 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
- 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
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-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
- 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
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- 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
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- 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
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
Did not vote
- Clyde Roark Hoey 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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