Senate roll call 21 · 83rd Congress · May 8, 1953
HR 4663. MC carthy amend. To increase by $600,000 funds for housing research program, housing and home finance agency.
On May 8, 1953, the Senate voted 19–62 (HR 4663). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–38, Democrats 15–24, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- May 8, 1953
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 38 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted yes
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO voted yes
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Dennis Chavez D-NM voted yes
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted yes
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK voted yes
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted yes
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX voted yes
- George David Aiken R-VT voted yes
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted yes
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D-MO
- William Stuart (Stuart) Symington D-MO
- William Langer R-ND
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Lester Callaway Hunt D-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Allen Joseph Ellender 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Michael Joseph (Mike) Mansfield D-MT
- Clyde Roark Hoey D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Dwight Palmer Griswold R-NE
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges 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
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- James Edward Murray D-MT
- Willis Smith D-NC
- Hugh Alfred Butler R-NE
- Charles William Tobey R-NH
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Robert Alphonso Taft R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Edward Martin R-PA
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
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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