Senate roll call 176 · 83rd Congress · Jul 1, 1954
HR 8300. Gore amend. Respecting reduction of tax on certain life-insurance transfers.
On Jul 1, 1954, the Senate voted 23–60 (HR 8300). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–44, Democrats 21–20, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 23
- No
- 60
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jul 1, 1954
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 44 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
The bill
H.R. 8300: To revise the internal-revenue laws of the United States
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
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- 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
- 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
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- 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
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff 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
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
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
- Hugh Alfred Butler 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
- Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney D-WY
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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