Senate roll call 208 · 83rd Congress · Jul 29, 1954
HR 9678. Promote the security and foreign policy of the U.S. By furnishing assistance to friendly nations. Capehart amends. To earmark $750 million rather tha
On Jul 29, 1954, the Senate voted 33–57 (HR 9678). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–27, Democrats 14–31, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 35 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
- 33
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 29, 1954
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted yes
- John James Williams R-DE voted yes
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN voted yes
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN voted yes
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS voted yes
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Marshall Butler R-MD voted yes
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted yes
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE voted yes
- George Wilson Malone R-NV voted yes
- John William Bricker R-OH voted yes
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC voted yes
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC voted yes
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD voted yes
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted yes
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT voted yes
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted yes
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Edward David Crippa R-WY voted yes
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Marshall Butler R-MD
- Charles Edward Potter R-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy 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
- 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
- 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA
- Leverett Saltonstall R-MA
- James Glenn Beall R-MD
- Frederick George Payne R-ME
- Margaret Chase Smith R-ME
- Homer Samuel Ferguson R-MI
- Edward John Thye R-MN
- 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
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- 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
- 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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