Senate roll call 250 · 83rd Congress · Aug 17, 1954
HR 9859. Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors for navigation, flood control. Kennedy amend. Re
On Aug 17, 1954, the Senate voted 21–56 (HR 9859). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–40, Democrats 22–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 21
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 17, 1954
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 40 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Edwin Carl Johnson D-CO voted no
- Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spessard Lindsey Holland D-FL voted no
- Walter Franklin George D-GA voted no
- Guy Mark Gillette D-IA voted no
- Earle C. Clements D-KY voted no
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA 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
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY voted no
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK voted no
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA voted no
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Lister Hill D-AL
- James William Fulbright D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- George Armistead Smathers D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Clinton Presba Anderson D-NM
- Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D-OK
- John Orlando Pastore D-RI
- Theodore Francis Green D-RI
- Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston D-SC
- Carey Estes Kefauver D-TN
- Lyndon Baines Johnson D-TX
- Marion Price Daniel D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Harley Martin Kilgore D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- 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
- Everett McKinley Dirksen R-IL
- Andrew Frank Schoeppel R-KS
- Frank Carlson R-KS
- Earle C. Clements D-KY
- John Sherman Cooper R-KY
- Allen Joseph Ellender D-LA
- 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
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Langer R-ND
- Eva Kelly Bowring R-NE
- Samuel Williams Reynolds R-NE
- Howard Alexander Smith R-NJ
- Robert Clymer Hendrickson R-NJ
- George Wilson Malone R-NV
- Herbert Henry Lehman D-NY
- Irving McNeil Ives R-NY
- John William Bricker R-OH
- Robert Samuel Kerr D-OK
- Guy Cordon R-OR
- Wayne Lyman Morse I-OR
- Edward Martin R-PA
- James Henderson Duff R-PA
- Francis Higbee Case R-SD
- Karl Earl Mundt R-SD
- Arthur Vivian Watkins R-UT
- Wallace Foster Bennett R-UT
- Absalom Willis Robertson D-VA
- George David Aiken R-VT
- Joseph Raymond Mccarthy R-WI
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- Edward David Crippa R-WY
- Frank Aloysius Barrett R-WY
Voted present
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Herman Welker R-ID
- Homer Earl Capehart R-IN
- William Ezra Jenner R-IN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Henry Styles (Styles) Bridges R-NH
- Robert William Upton R-NH
- Dennis Chavez D-NM
- Patrick Anthony (Pat) Mccarran D-NV
- Thomas A. Burke D-OH
- Burnet Rhett Maybank D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd D-VA
- Ralph Edward Flanders R-VT
- Alexander Wiley 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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