Senate roll call 215 · 83rd Congress · Jul 30, 1954
HR 9678. Johnston (s.c.) amend. Providing that any eligible nation purchasing any surplus farm commodity shall be granted by CCC an additional quantity equal i
On Jul 30, 1954, the Senate voted 32–58 (HR 9678). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–42, Democrats 25–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 32
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 30, 1954
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 42 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- James William Fulbright D-AR voted no
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID voted yes
- Herman Welker R-ID voted yes
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Alton Asa Lennon D-NC voted no
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- William Langer R-ND voted yes
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH voted no
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI voted no
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI voted no
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD voted yes
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA
- Henry Clarence Dworshak R-ID
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- 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
- John James Williams R-DE
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- Bourke Blakemore Hickenlooper R-IA
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Paul Howard Douglas D-IL
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long 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
- 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
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- 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
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Alexander Wiley R-WI
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
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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