Senate roll call 196 · 83rd Congress · Jul 23, 1954
S. 3690. Knowland motion to table kerr amend. To retain patent licensing features of the present AEC act.
On Jul 23, 1954, the Senate voted 41–37 (S 3690). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–0, Democrats 1–36, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 41
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 23, 1954
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 36 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans40 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- 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
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
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
- 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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