Senate roll call 204 · 83rd Congress · Jul 26, 1954
S. 3690. Humphrey amend. Providing that every licensee for production of commercial power shall be subject to regulatory features of fed. Power act.
On Jul 26, 1954, the Senate voted 23–54 (S 3690). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–41, Democrats 21–15, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 54
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 26, 1954
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 41 no · 8 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
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- John Orlando Pastore 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
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
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
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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