Senate roll call 18 · 83rd Congress · May 5, 1953
S.J. RES. 13. Langer amend. Providing that 87 1/2 revenues shall be used for the reduction of the national debt.
On May 5, 1953, the Senate voted 34–56 (SJRE 13). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–38, Democrats 25–20, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 34
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 5, 1953
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC voted no
- Willis Smith D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE voted yes
- Charles William Tobey R-NH voted yes
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV voted no
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted no
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted no
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted no
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted no
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Alexander Wiley R-WI 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
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- 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
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- George David Aiken R-VT
- 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
- 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
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-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
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston 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
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
Did not vote
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- William Kerr Scott D-NC
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Hazel Hempel Abel R-NE
- Roman Lee Hruska R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Norris H. Cotton R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Ernest S. Brown R-NV
- Thomas A. Burke D-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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